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November 13, 1997: Commerce In Space - Gene Meyers

Dec 20, 20233 hr 25 minSeason 1997Ep. 336
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Episode description

Art Bell welcomes space commerce advocate Gene Meyers, a colleague of rocket scientist David Adair, to discuss a bold vision for commercial tourism in orbit. Meyers outlines a plan to repurpose the space shuttle''s massive external tanks into rotating ring-shaped space stations, each capable of hosting 300 people. He explains how connecting twelve of these tanks could create artificial gravity on the outer ring and zero gravity at the center, all for a fraction of the cost of NASA''s… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/november-13-1997-commerce-in-space-gene-meyers
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