Date
6-25-1978
Series
Ecosystems Lectures
Length
1 hour 15 minutes
Notes
John Billingham was the Director of the Life Sciences Division at the NASA Ames Research Center, and went on to direct the SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute. In the lecture, he emphasizes that in order to be successful, human space settlements must utilize building materials from the moon and asteroids, and energy from the sun.
This lecture was sponsored by Sigma Xi - Earth Resources Ltd.
Transferred and preserved by Portland State University Library’s Special Collections with the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.
Subjects
Outer space -- Exploration, Space colonies, Ecosystems
Original Format
Reel to reel, 3.75 ips, 1/2 track, mono
Rights
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11434
Recommended Citation
Billingham, John, ""Space Settlements"" (1978). Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers. 184.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11434
Description
Transcript added April 19, 2021.
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