Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

"Stanford Torus" space habitat housing 10k to 140k residents proposed by NASA in 1975 by Rick Guidice.



That very picture was in the World Book Encyclopedia in the early 80's underneath "Future" and by God, every kid thought we'd have one of those by now. But, instead we got the movie Elysium.

Artist Depiction by Rick Guidice




The cylindrical space station dates back to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in 1903. Herman Potocnik expanded on the idea in 1929, and in summer 1975 NASA proposed the torus shape colony at Stanford. Gerald O'Neill presented an alternative, the O'Neill cylinder, a year later in 1976. Other people/influences and the idea may go even further back than the 1900s.



Electricity from Space: The 1970s DOE/NASA Solar Power Satellite Studies, NASA began expressing interest in a SPS (solar power satellite) fleet. In this concept art, automated OTVs (orbital transfer vehicles) deliver rolls of solar cell "blankets" to the SPS worksite.


Looks like the ESA is talking about doing it again:
"To prepare Europe for future decision making on Space-Based Solar Power, ESA has proposed a preparatory programme for Europe, initially named SOLARIS, for the upcoming ESA Council at Ministerial Level in November 2022."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ScTbb-43A4


Construction of a Dyson sphere via ion thrusters moving asteroids into place by Rick Sternbach; from future life, February 1979:




Cover art by Bob Larkin, 1978

The Starless World


Bob Larkin for the cover art of "Death's Angel" by Kathleen Sky, 1981.




Bruce Pennington cover art for "The Weapon Makers" by A.E. van Vogt, 1970 reprint (London). Canadian sci-fi writer, named the 14th Grand Master in 1995 by the "Science Fiction Writers of America", who influenced Philip K. Dick. A novel written in 1943 to enlarge the story of human immortality, the conflict between a controlling government, The House of Isher, the mysterious Weapon Shops and man's place in the universe:




"STOP militarization of SPACE!" (Soviet propaganda poster, 1984)



Cetacean Intelligence Ops


Alan Gutierrez cover art for "Home From The Shore" (1988) by Gordon R. Dickson.


I bet this op was a trip to attend...


Dolphins & Teleportation Symposium 2011