Gerard K. O'Neill

(1927-1992)

American physicist, author, and inventor

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Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (February 6, 1927 – April 27, 1992) was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. Later, he invented a magnetic launcher called the mass driver. In the 1970s, he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space, including a space habitat design known as the O'Neill cylinder. He founded the Space Studies Institute, an organization devoted to funding research into space manufacturing and colonization.

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Born	6 February 1927 Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died	27 April 1992 (aged 65) Redwood City, California, US
Zodiac	Aquarius
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