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The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill

  • 2021
  • 1h 28m
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7.4/10
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The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill (2021)
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The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill tells the untold story of the life and influence of the late physicist and space colony pioneer Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill. In 1977, O'Nei... Read allThe High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill tells the untold story of the life and influence of the late physicist and space colony pioneer Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill. In 1977, O'Neill wrote the book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, which sparked an enormous gr... Read allThe High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill tells the untold story of the life and influence of the late physicist and space colony pioneer Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill. In 1977, O'Neill wrote the book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, which sparked an enormous grassroots movement to build Earth-like habitats in space in order to solve Earth's greatest... Read all

  • Director
    • Ryan Stuit
  • Writers
    • Will Henry
    • Ryan Stuit
    • Dylan Taylor
  • Stars
    • Gerard K. O'Neill
    • Isaac Asimov
    • Freeman Dyson
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    • Director
      • Ryan Stuit
    • Writers
      • Will Henry
      • Ryan Stuit
      • Dylan Taylor
    • Stars
      • Gerard K. O'Neill
      • Isaac Asimov
      • Freeman Dyson
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    Isaac Asimov
    Isaac Asimov
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    Freeman Dyson
    Freeman Dyson
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    Walt Anderson
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    Jeff Bezos
    Jeff Bezos
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    Ray Bradbury
    Ray Bradbury
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    Johnny Carson
    Johnny Carson
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    Charles Chafer
    • Self
    Arthur C. Clarke
    Arthur C. Clarke
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    Don Davis
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    Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux
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    Peter Diamandis
    Peter Diamandis
    • Self
    Jo Franklin-Trout
    • Self
    Lori B. Garver
    • Self
    Peter E. Glaser
    • Self
    Al Globus
    • Self
    Harold Hayes
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    Phyllis Haynes
    Phyllis Haynes
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      • Ryan Stuit
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      • Will Henry
      • Ryan Stuit
      • Dylan Taylor
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    A very good documentary about a true visionary and his ideas and their impact

    The High Frontier is a very good documentary about the life and work of Gerard K O'Neil and his impact on modern space exploration. The documentary also has the same name as the book O'Neil wrote in 1976 about how space colonies could be built in the near future.

    The documentary features O'Neil's family, Freeman Dyson, Jeff Bezos, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Peter Diamandis and others talking about how dramatic O'Neil's ideas were and how much impact they had on them. O'Neil was a professor of Physics at Princeton who contributed massively to the design of particle accelerators and then started to write about how mankind could go into space in the near future.

    For anyone who has read The High Frontier the documentary provides interesting background on O'Neil and shows how his ideas impacted others. For anyone who hasn't the documentary should be a good introduction to his ideas and should encourage people to read the book.

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      • April 18, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
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