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I'd be surprised if SpaceX is NOT working on a lunar surface habitat to land on the Moon without being asked.

The floating space colonies wanted by Bezos come right from the late Gerard K. O'Neill, who died, hmm, early 80s? Making them look like existing Earth cities would A) be condemned by the woke stooges as being white supremacist, and B) wind up a lot like Dubai or Eurodisney, but a police state.

O'Neill (1927-1992) advocated large photovoltaic arrays in Earth orbit, which would shoot energy down to the Earth's surface using microwaves. That was just nuts.

A special video for the Space Studies Institute membership, this is the complete and uncut version of "The Vision" from Gerard K. O'Neill. Produced by SSI Senior Associates Rick Tumlinson, Morris Hornik and Andrew Lindberg, this is a direct copy from the O'Neill family's original. Lower quality segments that we allow others to post on YouTube came from the cd accompanying the 3rd edition of The High Frontier book.

Segments and start times: Survival 00:00, Hopeful Future 02:50, Relief for the Earth 06:00, An Obvious Idea 08:30, 1969-1979 09:50, Founding of SSI 11:55, Who is SSI 13:45, The Space Program 14:55, National Commission on Space 19:46, Scientists and Citizens 25:25, The Moon 27:40, Space Colonies 33:35, To the Stars 40:51, Pioneers 43:35
Gerard K. O'Neill: The Vision Uncut | May 18, 2016 | SSI: Space Studies Institute