Space Studies Institute

Logo of the Space Studies Institute

Abbreviation| SSI
Formation| 1977
Founders| Gerard K. O'Neill
Type| Space advocacy, 501(c)3 Education
Focus| "Open the energy and material resources of space for human benefit within our lifetime"
Headquarters| Mojave, California, United States

Official language

| English

Key people

| President and CEO Gary C Hudson; Trustee Freeman Dyson[1]
Website| ssi.org

Space Studies Institute is a not-for-profit[2] organization that was founded in 1977 by Princeton University Professor Gerard K. O'Neill.

In 2009 SSI moved its operations from its long-term base in Princeton, New Jersey, to Mojave, California.[3] SSI is involved in several initiatives, including a solar sail project that it is developing with Carnegie Mellon University and an effort to find asteroids that could be mined for valuable materials. The use of extraterrestrial resources in space settlement has received increasing attention in recent years.[4][5][6]

The Institute has sponsored research studies on several transport systems for the development of space. Their first program was in the development of prototype mass driver systems.[7] They are also studying the use of an Orbital Transfer Vehicle as a component of space manufacturing. Other areas of research include a search for Earth-Sun Trojan asteroids, a design study of a Lunar Polar Probe to search for water and useful volatiles at the poles of the Moon, and studies of reuse of the Space Shuttle external tank. O'Neill performed a study of a large space habitat named Island Three that could house 10,000,000 people.[8]

## See also

* Space advocacy
* Space manufacturing
* Associated Universities, Inc.
* Space Science Institute

## References

1. ↑ "SSI Update December 2011". Space Studies Institute. 2011-12-28. http://ssi.org/2011/12/ssi-update-december-2011/.
2. ↑ "Space Studies Institute (SSI)". http://www.permanent.com/m-ssi.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
3. ↑ Foust, Jeff (April 16, 2012). "A new "Great Enterprise" for space settlement". Space Review. https://www.thespacereview.com/article/2065/1.
4. ↑ Celletti, Alessandra; Locatelli, Ugo, eds (March 5, 2014). Mathematical Models and Methods for Planet Earth. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 87. ISBN 978-3-319-02656-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=LjW5BAAAQBAJ&q=extraterrestrial+resources+increased+attention&pg=PA87. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
5. ↑ Wall, Mike (August 11, 2015). "Asteroid Mining May Be a Reality by 2025". Space.com. https://www.space.com/30213-asteroid-mining-planetary-resources-2025.html. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
6. ↑ Maxey, Kyle. "Asteroid Mining – Who Wants to be a Trillionaire?". http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/15308/Asteroid-Mining-Who-Wants-to-be-a-Trillionaire.aspx. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
7. ↑ ARNOLD, William H.; BOWEN, Stuart; COHEN, Steve; KAPLAN, David; FINE, Kevin; KOLM, Margaret; KOLM, Henry; NEWMAN, onathan et al.. "Mass Drivers III: Engineering". National Space Society. https://space.nss.org/settlement/nasa/spaceres/III-3.html.
8. ↑ Combs, Mike (June 2014). "The Space Settlement FAQ". National Space Society. https://space.nss.org/settlement/MikeCombs/spacsetl.html.

## External links

* Space Studies Institute
* permanent.com article
* Encyclopedia of Science entry
* Science Central
* Mech dir listing
* Smithsonian/NASA
* Freeman Dyson's bio of Gerard K. O'Neill
* A Space Roadmap by Lee Valentine
* Video archive of the conferences

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