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The Princeton Conferences on Space Manufacturing

Extraterrestrial Processing and Manufacturing of Large Space Systems. MIT Space Systems Laboratory, NASA Contractor Report CR-161293, September 1979, 840 pages.
Summary article
Volume 1, Chapters 1-6, 307 pages [PDF 11.3 MB]
Volume 2, Chapters 7-14, 481 pages [PDF 16.0 MB]
Volume 3, Executive Summary, 52 pages [PDF 2.0 MB]

Lunar Resources Utilization for Space Construction. Study conducted for NASA by General Dynamics Convair Division in 1979 concluded that lunar resources could supply 90% of the material for power satellite production and become cost effective if more than 30 satellites are produced. A nice summary of this study appears in Toward Distant Suns, Chapter 8.
Volume 1 Executive Summary (68 pages) PDF 3.8 MB
Volume 2 Study Results (486 pages) PDF 21 MB
Volume 3 Appendices (408 pages) PDF 14 MB

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