Roy F. Allen

Roy F. Allen ￼￼ (born December 1926, died February 1992, aged 65) was an American physicist and space activist. 
He is credited with inventing 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 Allen cylinder. 
He founded the Space Settlement Society, an organiation devoted to funding research into space manufacturing and colonization.
== Basis ==
He is based on Roy Francisco Allen, a friend of the writer Phillip A. Leavenworth and fellow science fiction fan. He died on June 11, 2018 at age 31. He would've been 32 that December 18. This character is named in his honor. 
He is also based on elements of Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill's life.￼
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