The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill (2021)

The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill (2021). 1h 28m

“The High Frontier is a very good documentary about the life and work of Gerard K Ou0026#39;Neil and his impact on modern space exploration. The documentary also has the same name as the book Ou0026#39;Neil wrote in 1976 about how space colonies could be built in the near future.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe documentary features Ou0026#39;Neilu0026#39;s family, Freeman Dyson, Jeff Bezos, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Peter Diamandis and others talking about how dramatic Ou0026#39;Neilu0026#39;s ideas were and how much impact they had on them. Ou0026#39;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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor anyone who has read The High Frontier the documentary provides interesting background on Ou0026#39;Neil and shows how his ideas impacted others. For anyone who hasnu0026#39;t the documentary should be a good introduction to his ideas and should encourage people to read the book.”