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| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
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| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
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796.0. "Gerard K. O'Neill, Space Colonist" by VERGA::KLAES (All the Universe, or nothing!) Thu Apr 30 1992 13:08
From: DECPA::"[email protected]" "Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey"
30-APR-1992 03:42:11.52
To: [email protected]
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Subj: Gerard K. O'Neill passes away
Followup-To: sci.space
Gerry O'Neill has passed away. After hearing the sad news from Larry
Boyle of the Chicago Space Studies, I went hunting and found that Bob
Summersgill had already posted an obituary to SEDS-L, which I take the
liberty of quoting here.
O'Neill's ideas had tremendous power to excite people and rekindle
hopes for the future of spaceflight that had grown dim in the
post-Apollo slump. He will be missed-- but his influence on a
generation of space advocates will echo for decades.
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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1992 16:20:15 EDT
Reply-To: "Interchapter Communications for SEDS" <[email protected]>
Sender: "Interchapter Communications for SEDS" <[email protected]>
From: Bob Summersgill <[email protected]>
Subject: Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill
Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill died yesterday, 4/27/92 in Princeton, NJ. He
was 65 years old. Dr. O'Neill was the founder and President of the
Space Studies Institute, Professor Emeritus of Princeton, founder of
the GeoStar Corp., and O'Neill Communications, Inc. He is the author
of four books including *The High Frontier* and *2081*. He created
and popularized the idea of colonies in free space, designed and built
the Mass Driver, and designed the device that allows particle
accelerators to fire into each other. He was a recipient of the
SEDS's Arthur C. Clarke Award.
His death was the result of a seven year fight with leukemia. A
memorial service will be held at the Princeton Chapel, May 26th at
10:00am.
- Bob Summersgill | Taxes are not raised for the benefit of
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I guess these things happen in threes; first Gene Roddenberry, then
Isaac Asimov, and now Gerald O'Neill. The world has lost a great
deal these past six months.
Hailing frequencies closed.
--Eric--
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