Front matter (458 K)
Prologue (127 K)
Part 1: The Symposium: Keynote Speeches (929 K)
Remarks on the Lunar Base
James M. Beggs
The Challenges and Opportunities of a New Era in Space: How Will We Respond?
G. A. Keyworth II
In Space: One World United
Walter J. Hickel
An Opportunity for Openness
Arthur Kantrowitz
Thoughts on a Lunar Base
Edward Teller
Part 2: Lunar Base Concepts (3 MB)
Lunar Bases: A Post-Apollo Evaluation
Paul D. Lowman Jr.
Evolution of Concepts for Lunar Bases
Stewart W. Johnson and Ray S. Leonard
Strategies for a Permanent Lunar Base
Michael B. Duke, Wendell W. Mendell, and Barney B. Roberts
Preliminary Design of a Permanently Manned Lunar Surface Research Base
Stephen J. Hoffman and John C. Niehoff
Merits of a Lunar Polar Base Location
James D. Burke
Nuclear Energy — Key to Lunar Development
David Buden and Joseph A. Angelo Jr.
Nuclear Powerplants for Lunar Bases
J. R. French
Part 3: Transportation Issues (3 MB)
Mission and Operations Modes for Lunar Basing
Gordon R. Woodcock
Impact of Lunar and Planetary Missions on the Space Station
G. R. Babb, H. P. Davis, P. G. Phillips, and W. R. Stump
A Moon Base/Mars Base Transportation Depot
Paul W. Keaton
Achromatic Trajectories and the Industrial-Scale Transport of Lunar Resources
T. A. Heppenheimer
A Lunar-Based Propulsion System
Sanders D. Rosenberg
Launching Rockets and Small Satellites from the Lunar Surface
K. A. Anderson, W. M. Dougherty, and D. H. Pankow
Part 4: Lunar Science (3 MB)
The Need for a Lunar Base: Answering Basic Questions About Planetary Science
G. Jeffrey Taylor
Geochemical and Petrological Sampling and Studies at the First Moon Base
Larry A. Haskin, Randy L. Korotev, David J. Lindstrom, and Marilyn M. Lindstrom
A Closer Look at Lunar Volcanism from a Base on the Moon
D. T. Vaniman, G. Heiken, and G. J. Taylor
Advanced Geologic Exploration Supported by a Lunar Base: A Traverse Across the Imbrium-Procellarum Region of the Moon
Mark J. Cintala, Paul D. Spudis, and B. Ray Hawke
Search for Volatiles and Geologic Activity from a Lunar Base
Larry Jay Friesen
Unmanned Spaceflights Needed as Scientific Preparation for a Manned Lunar Base
Don E. Wilhelms
The Next Generation Geophysical Investigation of the Moon
L. L. Hood, C. P. Sonett, and C. T. Russell
Geophysics and Lunar Resources
D. Strangway
Surface Electromagnetic Exploration Geophysics Applied to the Moon
Mark E. Ander
Part 5: Science on the Moon (4 MB)
Astronomical Interferometry on the Moon
Bernard F. Burke
A Moon-Earth Radio Interferometer
Jack O. Burns
A Very Low Frequency Radio Astronomy Observatory on the Moon
James N. Douglas and Harlan J. Smith
Lunar Based Gamma Ray Astronomy
Robert C. Haymes
Irradiation of the Moon by Galactic Cosmic Rays and Other Particles
James H. Adams Jr. and Maurice M. Shapiro
Celestial Sources of High-Energy Neutrinos as Viewed from a Lunar Observatory
Maurice M. Shapiro and Rein Silberberg
A Lunar Neutrino Detector
M. Cherry and K. Lande
Neutrino Measurements on the Moon
Albert G. Petschek
Mass Extinctions and Cosmic Collisions: A Lunar Test
Friedrich Hörz
Part 6: Lunar Construction (2.5 MB)
Lunar Base Design
Peter Land
A Surface-Assembled Superstructure Envelope System to Support Regolith Mass-Shielding for an Initial-Operational-Capability Lunar Base
Jan Kaplicky and David Nixon
Concrete for Lunar Base Construction
T. D. Lin
Concrete and Other Cement-Based Composites for Lunar Base Construction
J. Francis Young
Magma, Ceramic, and Fused Adobe Structures Generated In Situ
E. Nader Khalili
Lava Tubes: Potential Shelters for Habitats
Friedrich Hörz
Design of Lunar-Based Facilities: The Challenge of a Lunar Observatory
Stewart W. Johnson and Ray S. Leonard
Environmental Considerations and Waste Planning on the Lunar Surface
Randall Briggs and Albert Sacco Jr.
Part 7: Lunar Materials and Processes (3 MB)
Toward a Spartan Scenario for Use of Lunar Materials
Larry A. Haskin
Mining for Lunar Base Support
E. R. Podnieks and W. W. Roepke
Electrostatic Concentration of Lunar Soil Minerals
William N. Agosto
In-Situ Rock Melting Applied to Lunar Base Construction and for Exploration Drilling and Coring on the Moon
John C. Rowley and Joseph W. Neudecker
Microwave Processing of Lunar Materials: Potential Applications
Thomas T. Meek, David T. Vaniman, Franklin H. Cocks, and Robin A. Wright
Mechanical Properties of Lunar Materials Under Anhydrous, Hard Vacuum Conditions: Applications of Lunar Glass Structural Components
James D. Blacic
Guide to Using Lunar Soil and Simulants for Experimentation
J. H. Allton, C. Galindo Jr., and L. A. Watts
Fractional Distillation in a Lunar Envoronment
Donald R. Pettit
Lunar Machining
William Lewis
Part 8: Oxygen: Predude to Lunar Industrialization (3 MB)
A Parametric Analysis of Lunar Oxygen Production
Michael C. Simon
Lunar Oxygen Production from Ilmenite
Michael A. Gibson and Christian W. Knudsen
Oxygen Extraction from Lunar Materials: An Experimental Test of an Ilmenite Reduction Process
Richard J. Williams
A Carbothermal Scheme for Lunar Oxygen Production
Andrew Hall Cutler and Peter Krag
Lunar Regolith Fines: A Source of Hydrogen
James L. Carter
Hydrogen Recovery from Extraterrestrial Materials Using Microwave Energy
D. S. Tucker, D. T. Vaniman, J. L. Anderson, F. W. Clinard Jr., R. C. Feber Jr., H. M. Frost, T. T. Meek, and T. C. Wallace
Microbial Extraction of Hydrogen from Lunar Dust
David C. White and Peter Hirsch
Hydrogen and Water Desorption on the Moon: Approximate On-Line Simulations
G. E. Blanford, P. Børgesen, M. Maurette, W. Möller, and B. Monart
An Analysis of Alternate Hydrogen Sources for Lunar Manufacture
Herbert N. Friedlander
Part 9: Life and Support and Health Maintenance (3 MB)
The Evolution of CELSS for Lunar Bases
R. D. MacElroy, Harold P. Klein, and M. M. Averner
Wheat Farming in a Lunar Base
Frank B. Salisbury and Bruce G. Bugbee
Metabolic Support for a Lunar Base
R. L. Sauer
Implementing Supercritical Water Oxidation Technology in a Lunar Base Environmental Control/Life Support System
Melaine Meyer Sedej
Radiation Transport of Cosmic Ray Nuclei in Lunar Material and Radiation Doses
R. Silberberg, C. H. Tsao, J. H. Adams Jr., and John R. Letow
Aerosol Deposition Along the Respiratory Tract at Zero Gravity: A Theoretical Study
B. E. Lehnert, D. M. Smith, L. M. Holland, M. I. Tillery, and R. G. Thomas
Toward the Development of a Recombinant DNA Assay System for the Detection
of Genetic Change in Astronauts’ Cells
Susan V. Atchley, David J.-C. Chen, Gary F. Strniste, Ronald A. Walters, and Robert K. Moyzis
Flow Cytometry for Health Monitoring in Space
James H. Jett, John C. Martin, George C. Saunders, and Carleton C. Stewart
Part 10: Societal Issues (3 MB)
Dreams and Realities: The Future in Space
John Logsdon
The Budgetary Feasibility of a Lunar Base
Wallace O. Sellers and Paul W. Keaton
Lunar Stations: Prospects for International Cooperation
Philip M. Smith
Soviet Lunar Exploration: Past and Future
James E. Oberg
Legal Responses for Lunar Bases and Space Activities in the 21st Century
Amanda Lee Moore
Extraterrestrial Law and Lunar Bases: General Legal Principles and a Particular
Regime Proposal (INTERLUNE)
Christopher C. Joyner and Harrison H. Schmitt
Lunar Base: Learning to Live in Space
Ben Finney
Lessons from the Past: Toward a Long-Term Space Policy
Andrew Lawler
Historical Perspectives on the Moon Base — Cook and Australia
Eric M. Jones and Ben R. Finney
Space Poems: Close Encounters Between the Lyric Imagination and 25 Years of NASA Space Exploration
Helen Knox
Part 11: Mars (1 MB)
A Millennium Project — Mars 2000
Harrison H. Schmitt
Mars: The Next Major Goal?
Elbert A. King
Rationales for Early Human Missions to Phobos and Deimos
Brian O’Leary
The Moons of Mars: A Source of Water for Lunar Bases and LEO
Bruce M. Cordell
The Problem of Water on Mars
Steven W. Squyres
Part 12: A Vision of Lunar Settlement (1 MB)
Lunar Industrialization and Settlement — Birth of Polyglobal Civilization
Krafft A. Ehricke
Index
Epilogue: Address Given at Tricentennial Celebration, 4 July 2076 by Leonard Vincennes, Official Historian of Luna City
Ben Bova
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