The Moon: Resources, Future Development and Settlement (2nd Edition)
David G. Schrunk, Burton L. Sharpe, Bonnie L. Cooper, Madhu Thangavelu
Language: English
Pages: 587
ISBN: B01JXQDBYS
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The Moon: Resources, Future Development and Settlement describes feasible human settlement of the Moon in the coming century. Small scale, tele-operated and autonomous robotic in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) projects are first, followed by electric power, communication, and transportation networks manufactured from lunar resources. These infrastructure networks are field tested an commissioned in the polar regions of the Moon, and permanent human settlements are then established.
Through several phases of development, the utility networks grow, and the number of permanently inhabited bases increases to inculde all areas of interest on the Moon. The book stresses that the envisioned 'Planet Moon Project' will link the technological and cultural expertise of humanity to the virtually limitless resources of space. From that beginning, the people of the Earth reap substatntial benefits from space, and the human species will evolve into a spacefaring civilization.
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formed by giant impacts very early in the Moon's history. Somewhat later, when volcanic activity began, many of them were ®lled with lava. On the near side of the Moon, the visible maria cover 16 percent of the surface. However, there are other areas which have the same type of rock, but their surfaces have been blanketed by the ejecta from later impacts. These are called cryptomare. The total amount of mare (volcanic) material on the lunar near side is about 30 percent of the surface. The rocks
and information was received about the results via the tools of the day ± strip charts, printouts, and images. Controlling lunar surface devices was relatively cheap and simple, compared with other space operations. The Moon is a cooperative target for Earth-based antennas in terms of its position in the sky and near-unchanging distance; and pointing antennas on the Moon's surface back toward Earth is also relatively simple. The physical environment is predictable, and in itself contains nothing
period of two or three years, it would be possible to execute a series of traverses wherein most of the topographically-accessible terrain above 84 latitude could be visited. This latitude represents the approximate limit of constant visibility from the Earth. It also provides an interesting mnemonic: the circumference of the lunar 84th latitude measures 709 miles and the duration of the lunar day±night cycle is 709 hours. This means that if one were standing at 84 south latitude, facing due
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electric power to the Earth at low cost from a Lunar-based Solar Power system (LPS). They envision the construction of large solar collecting bases on opposing (east and west) limbs of the Moon. The reason for the placement of bases on opposite sides of the Moon is to assure that one or the other of the two bases is always in sunlight, thus providing power to the Earth continuously. The power that would be generated at each of the two lunar base sites of the LPS would be converted to microwave
