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Published March 23, 2026 | Version v2
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A Practical Path to O Neill Colonies: Bootstrapping Lunar Industry from a Superconducting Cable and an Asteroid

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Version 2. A gravity power plant generates GW-scale electricity from asteroid material descending a superconducting cable. One 600m asteroid yields one 2 km habitat for 200,000 people. Self-replicating architecture. 52 pages.

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