It was inspired by the idea of placing large, self-contained space colonies into stable equilibrium at the L4 or L5 Lagrange points, which had been advocated by Gerard O'Neill.
"[2] Higgins and Gehm originally published it in the magazine CoEvolution Quarterly in 1978.
[3] It was subsequently republished in many other media, including the NESFA Hymnal and the L5 Society magazine L5 News.
[4] It was anthologized in The Endless Frontier, a collection of stories about space colonization.
[5] The song was also quoted by historian W. Patrick McCray in his book The Visioneers.