In the Beginning...
In the mid 1970s, a large group of scientists met in the U.S. and collaborated to publish several documents on building a space station.
In the late 1970s, two well known scientists made a presentation of the group's effort to the U.S. Congress. The scientists testified to Congress that a space station could be built. Congress was told it would take about 3,000 people living on the moon and in space, that it would cost about $106 billon (late 1970s) dollars, that it would take about 30 years to build and it would support about 10,000 inhabitants when finished.
What if
a space station can be built:
- with no people in space,
- for about a fourth of what they said,
- in about one tenth of the time they said,
- to house 20,000+ people.
- with no people in space,
- for about a fourth of what they said,
- in about one tenth of the time they said,
- to house 20,000+ people.