National Space Institute
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The National Space Institute was a space advocacy group, the first of its kind, established by Wernher von Braun to help maintain the public's support for the United States space program. It has since
Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), founder of the National Space Institute, forerunner of the present-day National Space Society
L5 Society
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The L5 Society was founded in 1975 by Carolyn Meinel and Keith Henson to promote the space colony ideas of Gerard K. O'Neill.
National Space Institute
…kind, established by Wernher von Braun to help maintain the public's support for the United States space program. It has since merged, in 1987, with the L5 Society founded by fans of the Space Colonization and Industrialization work of Gerard K. O'Neill, to become the present-day National Space Society. In its…
A diagram showing the five Lagrangian points in a two-body system, with one body far more massive than the other (e.g. Earth and Moon). In this system L3–L5 will appear to share the secondary's orbit, although they are situated slightly outside it.
Artist's conception of a space habitat called the Stanford torus, by Don Davis.
NASA concept art from 2001 of an envisioned lunar mining facility.