"Clearly our first task is to use the material wealth of space to solve the urgent problems we now face on Earth: to bring the poverty-stricken segments of the world up to a decent living standard, without recourse to war or punitive action against those already in material comfort; to provide for a maturing civilization the basic energy vital to its survival."
Gerard O’Neill, The High Frontier, 1976
The pre-eminent industrial power of the Carinelle Cluster and the Confederation of Stars