The High Frontier: A New Documentary About Gerard K. O’Neill

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Physicist and space pioneer Gerard K. O’Neil gathered a community of followers as he led planning for vast, magnificent human settlements in space. Guests Dylan Taylor, Will Henry and Ryan Stuit have produced an inspiring, feature-length tribute to O’Neill that stars space luminaries including Jeff Bezos, Frank White, Lori Garver, Rick Tumlinson, and many others. Then Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan are joined by a special listener guest on What’s Up. Hear and discover more at https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/high-frontier-film-dylan-taylor

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0:00.0	The High Frontier, a new documentary about Gerard K. O'Neill this week on Planetary Radio.
0:08.2	Welcome, I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across
0:16.7	our solar system and beyond.
0:19.6	Is his name new to you?
0:21.8	As a fan of space exploration and development, it shouldn't be.
0:25.8	Jack Jeff Bezos and many other luminaries space entrepreneur and investor Dylan Taylor
0:31.2	considers himself one of Jerry's kids.
0:34.6	Dylan is executive producer of the High Frontier, the untold story of Gerard K. O'Neill,
0:40.8	premiering on April 17th.
0:42.8	I've seen it and I'm thrilled to welcome Dylan, producer Wil Henry and director Ryan
0:47.9	Stewart to our show.
0:50.4	Move over Bruce, the Planetary Society's chief scientist and I, will welcome the winning
0:55.3	bidder for the chance to join us in this week's What's Up segment.
0:59.4	She is a delight, as you'll hear.
1:02.1	Oh well, an anomaly cropped up during final prep for Sunday's flight to the Mars helicopter
1:07.5	in Genuity.
1:08.9	That first hover has now been delayed a few more days, but the little whirlie bird is said
1:13.0	to be in fine shape.
1:15.4	The April 9 edition of the downlake shares some good news.
1:18.8	The Europa Clipper spacecraft has passed its critical design review.
1:23.3	This means assembly and testing can move forward.
1:26.3	With the additional recent announcement that it won't have to be launched by a giant
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