The Moon: Resources Future Development & Colonization

David Schrunk, Burton Sharpe, Bonnie Cooper & Madhu Thangavelu

ISBN 10: 0471976350 / ISBN 13: 9780471976356

Edité par John Wiley & Sons, 1999

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Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, Internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Moon: Resources Future Development & Colonization
• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0471976350
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780471976356
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This unique, visionary and innovative book describes how the Moon could be colonised and developed as a platform for science, industrialization and exploration of our Solar System and beyond.
Thirty years ago, the world waited with baited breath to watch history in the making, as man finally stepped onto the moon′s surface. In the last few years, there has been growing interest in the idea of a return to the moon. This book describes the reasons why we should now start lunar development and settlement, and how this goal may be accomplished.
The authors, all of whom are hugely experienced space scientists, consider the rationale and steps necessary for establishing permanent bases on the Moon. Their innovative and scientific–based analysis concludes that the Moon has sufficient resources for large–scale human development. Their case for development includes arguments for a solar–powered electric grid and railroad, creation of a utilities infrastructure, habitable facilities, scientific operations and the involvement of private enterprise with the public sector in the macroproject.
By transferring and adapting existing technologies to the lunar environment, the authors argue that it will be possible to use lunar resources and solar power to build a global lunar infrastructure embracing power, communication, transportation, and manufacturing. This will support the migration of increasing numbers of people from Earth, and realization of the Moon′s scientific potential. As an inhabited world, the Moon is an ideal site for scientific laboratories dedicated to geosciences, astronomy and life sciences, and most importantly, it would fulfil a role as a proving ground and launch pad for future Solar System exploration.
The ten chapters in this book go beyond the theoretical and conceptual. With vision and foresight, the authors offer practical means for establishing permanent bases on the Moon. The book will make fascinating and stimulating reading for students in astronautics, space science, life sciences, space engineering and technology as well as professional space scientists, engineers and technologists in space projects.