Schrunk / Sharpe / Cooper The Moon

Resources, Future Development and Settlement
2. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-73982-3
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 261 Seiten

Reihe: Springer Praxis Books

This extraordinary book details how the Moon could be used as a springboard for Solar System exploration. It presents a realistic plan for placing and servicing telescopes on the Moon, and highlights the use of the Moon as a base for an early warning system from which to combat threats of near-Earth objects. A realistic vision of human development and settlement of the Moon over the next one hundred years is presented, and the author explains how global living standards for the Earth can be enhanced through the use of lunar-based generated solar power. From that beginning, the people of the Earth would evolve into a spacefaring civilisation.

Following the Apollo lunar expeditions which culminated in the exploration by the Apollo astronauts on parts of the lunar surface, humankind has not revisited the Moon since 1972. In this 21st Century the resources of humankind are now sufficiently advanced to support the global human exploration and development of the Moon. In this new Millennium several nations, including Japan and China, have stated their intention to develop a lunar base during the first half of this century. The major themes of the 1st edition of  THE MOON - Resources, Future Development and Colonization, a Wiley/Praxis title published in hardback at £34.95 in1999, which has to date sold 1200 plus, remain valid today. For example, the Moon WILL be the next principal focus of space exploration and development, and the south polar region is increasingly likely as the first site of permanent lunar activities, as the authors predicted. Major events in space that have taken place since the publication of the 1st edition of the Moonbook.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schrunk, David

Sharpe, Burton

Cooper, Bonnie L.

Thangavelu, Madhu

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;5
2;Preface;20
3;Acknowledgements;22
4;Foreword;24
5;Figures;27
6;Tables;32
7;Author biographics;33
8;Introduction;35
9;1 Lunar origins and physical features;43
10;2 Science opportunities - engineering challenges;67
11;3 Lunar resources;90
12;4 Lunar robotic and communication systems;100
13;5 The first lunar base;123
14;6 Retuirn of humans to the Moon;136
15;7 Circumferential lunar utilites;155
16;8 The Planet Moon;168
17;9 Governance of the Moon;193
18;10 Endless frontiers;205
19;11 Conclusion;234
20;Appendix A Robots on Planet Moon;235
21;Appendix B Lunar regolith properties;269
22;Appendix C Lunar soil simulants;291
23;Appendix D In-situ resource utilization (ISRU);302
24;Appendix E Proposed process for lunar oxygen extraction;338
25;Appendix F Facilitating space commerce;387
26;Appendix G Quality standards for lunar governance;403
27;Appendix H Helium-3;409
28;Appendix I NASA and self-replicating systems;413
29;Appendix J Human factors;417
30;Appendix K Maglev trains and mass drivers;431
31;Appendix L Development of the lunar economy;437
32;Appendix M Lunar Mysteries;444
33;Appendix N Milestones of Lunar development;456
34;Appendix O International Lunar Observatory/ Assocoation;457
35;Appendix P Cislunar orbital environment maintenance;462
36;Appendix Q The Millenial Time Capsule and L-1 Artifacts Museum;476
37;Appendix R MALEO;485
38;Appendix S Logistics for the Nomad Explorer Assembly assist vehicle;505
39;Appendix T Beyond our first Moonbase;525
40;Appendix U Lunar rock structures;534
41;Appendix V Rapid prototyping;540
42;Bibliography;552
43;Index;578