The Orbital Ring
The Economic Case for Space Mass Transit
Mass drivers and space elevators built on an orbital ring. This is not science fiction. It is a choice.
Volume I is a roller coaster ride through the history that gave us the idea and the politics that makes and breaks it. What is at stake, and what can we do to make a highway to space a realistic option for our future? Volumes II and III explain the technology in detail. This book is about origins, the politics, and the why.
Inside Volume I
- The Apollo legacy and why it still matters
- Space politics: the good, the bad, and the ugly
- Skyhooks, launch loops, space elevators, and more
- An orbital ring that powers the entire planet
- A future with billions living across the solar system
The whole shelf, end to end.
Five technical books on the engineering. Five hard science fiction novels that live inside the same physics. Known laws. Real materials. Normal lifespans. No shortcuts.
Five books on the engineering.
Orbital rings, mass drivers, space elevators, propulsion, habitats, generational ships. Rigorous but accessible. The math is kept as straightforward as the physics allows.
See the technical track →Five novels, eight hundred years.
The human story of building space infrastructure, constrained by the same physics as the technical books. Propulsion is limited by available power. Materials are limited by what can be manufactured.
See the fiction track →