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Luna Gaia LUNA GAIA: A Closed-Loop Habitat for the Moon. Design for a >90% self-sufficient 11-person base by a team of 30 space scientists. International Space University, 2007, 168 pages. [PDF 7.0 MB off site]

Lunar Base conference

Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century. Edited by W. W. Mendell. Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1985, 866 pages.


2nd Lunar Base conference The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century. Edited by W. W. Mendell. NASA Conferences Publication 3166, Volume 1 (Parts 1-4) & Volume 2 (Parts 5-8), 1992, 706 pages. [Complete online copy]

Resources of Near-Earth Space Resources of Near-Earth Space, Part II: The Moon, edited by John S. Lewis, Mildred S. Matthews, and Mary L. Guerrieri, University of Arizona Press. 1993. Complete online book.

Lunar Resource Utilization 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.

Automation for Space Replicating Systems Concepts: Self-Replicating Lunar Factory and Demonstration. Chapter 5 from Advanced Automation for Space Missions, NASA Conference Publication 2255, 1982. 150 pages. [HTML] [PDF 11 MB]

Geologic History of the Moon Geologic History of the Moon, by Don Wilhelms. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1348, 1987. The cornerstone technical reference for lunar geology. 302 pages. [Complete online copy with PDF available]. Hosted by Arizona State University.

Additional papers

  • 1980:  Handbook of Lunar Materials. NASA Reference Publication 1057. Technical report: the physical, chemical, thermodynamic, and geologic data on lunar rocks, minerals, and processes are summarized, and a set of data on metals that might be extracted from lunar materials is presented. 183 pages. [PDF 3.4 MB]

  • 1981: Report of Workshop on Methodology for Evaluating Potential Lunar Resource Sites. NASA Technical Memorandum 58235. 58 pages. [PDF 3.5 MB]

  • 1990:  Geoscience and a Lunar Base: A Comprehensive Plan for Lunar Exploration. NASA Conference Publication 3070. 79 pages. [PDF 6.5 MB]

  • 1993:  Early Lunar Resource Utilization: A Key to Human Exploration. AIAA 93-4784 [HTML]

  • 2000:  System Architecture Development for a Self-Sustaining Lunar Colony. Douglas O'Handley. 69 pages. [PDF 1.4 MB]

  • 2002:  The Case for Commercial Lunar Ice Mining: Final Report of the NASA Exploration Team. 78 pages. [PDF 2.3 MB]

  • 2003:  Lunar Surface Reference Missions: A Description of Human and Robotic Surface Activities. NASA/TP-2003-210793. 132 pages. [PDF 11 MB]

  • 2004:  Development of the Moon. Michael B. Duke, Lisa R. Gaddis, G. Jeffrey Taylor, Harrison H. Schmitt. 77 pages. [PDF 1.1 MB]

  • 2005:  Materials Refining for Solar Array Production on the Moon. Geoffrey A. Landis. NASA/TM-2005-214014. 25 pages. [PDF 700K]

  • 2005:  Public-Private Models for Lunar Development and Commerce. E. Sadeh, D. Livingston, T. Matula, H. Benaroya. Space Policy 21. 9 pages. [PDF 220K]

  • 2006:  Structural Design of a Lunar Habitat. F. Ruess, J. Schänzlin, and H. Benaroya. J Aerospace Engineering, Vol.19, No.3. 25 pages. [PDF 2.9 MB]

 

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