Lunar Settlements
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Lunar Settlements

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Lunar Settlements

About this book

Bringing together some of the most recognized and influential researchers and scientists in various space-related disciplines, Lunar Settlements addresses the many issues that surround the permanent human return to the Moon. Numerous international contributors offer their insights into how certain technological, physiological, and psychological challenges must be met to make permanent lunar settlements possible.

The book first looks to the past, covering the Apollo and Saturn legacies. In addition, former astronaut and U.S. Senator Harrison H. Schmitt discusses how to maintain deep space exploration and settlement. The book then discusses economic aspects, such as funding for lunar commerce, managing human resources, and commercial transportation logistics. After examining how cultural elements will fit into habitat design, the text explores the physiological, psychological, and ethical impact of living on a lunar settlement. It also describes the planning/technical requirements of lunar habitation, the design of both manned and modular lunar bases, and the protection of lunar habitats against meteoroids. Focusing on lunar soil mechanics, the book concludes with discussions on lunar concrete, terraforming, and using greenhouses for agricultural purposes.

Drawing from the lunar experiences of the six Apollo landing missions to the many American and Soviet robotic missions to current space activities and research, this volume summarizes the problems, prospects, and practicality of enduring lunar settlements. It reflects the key disciplines, including engineering, physics, architecture, psychology, biology, and anthropology, that will play significant roles in establishing these settlements.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781420083330
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. The Editor
  6. Section I: The Past and Future
  7. Chapter 1. Return to the Moon
  8. Chapter 2. Rutgers 2007 Symposium on Lunar Settlements
  9. Chapter 3. Rutgers 2007 Symposium on Lunar Settlements
  10. Chapter 4. Looking Back at Apollo/Saturn: Planning Activities (1961-1965)
  11. Chapter 5. Apollo Knowledge Transfer: Preserving and Transferring the Apollo Legaacy to a New Generation
  12. Chapter 6. Working in Space
  13. Section II: Lunar Development
  14. Chapter 7. Attracting Private Investment for Lunar Commerce: Toward Economically Sustainable Development
  15. Chapter 8. The Future Role of Human Resource Management in Non-Terrestrial Settlements: Some Preliminary Thoughts1
  16. Chapter 9. Lunar Commercial Logistics Transportation
  17. Chapter 10. Rocks to Robots: Concepts for Initial Robotic Lunar Resource Development*
  18. Chapter 11. Solar Cell Fabrication on the Moon from Lunar Resources
  19. Section III: Outer Space Habitat Design
  20. Chpater 12. Multidisciplinary Approach for User Reliability
  21. Chapter 13. Anthropology: Physical and Cultural Adaptation in Outer Space
  22. Chapter 14. Visual Design: Color and Light for Well Being in Outer Space
  23. Chapter 15. Art: Art as a Psychological Support for the Outer Space Habitat
  24. Chapter 16. Psychology: Natural Elements as a Well-Being Stimuli in Outer Space
  25. Chapter 17. Perspectives: Multidisciplinary Approach for User Well-Being
  26. Section IV: The Human Condition
  27. Chapter 18. An Analysis of the Interface between Lunar Habitat Conditions and an Acclimatized Human Physiology as Defined by the Digital Astronaut Project
  28. Chapter 19. Mental Health Implications of Working in a Lunar Settlement
  29. Chapter 20. Humans: The Strongest and the Weakest Joint in the Chain
  30. Chapter 21. Here to Stay: Designing for Psychological Well-Being for Long Duration Stays on Moon and Mars
  31. Chapter 22. Indoor-Air Quality Implications of 222RN from Lunar Regolith
  32. Chapter 23. PAC: Protected Antipode Circle at the Center of the Farside of the Moon for th Benefit of All Humankind
  33. Chapter 24. Developing the Moon with Ethics and Reality
  34. Section V: Planning and Analogues
  35. Chapter 25. Lunar Base Living: Beyond the Pioneering Stage
  36. Chapter 26. Assessment of Lunar Exploration Objectives
  37. Chapter 27. A Self-Sufficient Moon-Base Analogue
  38. Chapter 28. Terrestrial Analogs Selection Considerations for Planetary Surface Facility Planning and Operations
  39. Chapter 29. Surface Infrastructure Planning and Design Considerations for Future Lunar and Mars Habitation
  40. Chapter 30. Settlement Site Selection and Exploration through Hierarchical Roving
  41. Chapter 31. Integrated Lunar Transportation System
  42. Section VI: Lunar Bases
  43. Chapter 32. Lunar Base Site Preparation
  44. Chapter 33. A Review of Technical Requirements for Lunar Strucutures: Present Status1
  45. Chapter 34. Bidu Guiday: Design Concept for the First Manned Lunar Base
  46. Chapter 35. Design and Construction of a Modular Lunar Base
  47. Chapter 36. Advanced Systems Concept for Autonomous Construction and Self-Repair of Lunar Surface ISRU Structures
  48. Chapter 37. A Reliability-Based Design Concept for Lunar Habitats
  49. Chapter 38. Cratering and Blowing Soil by Rocket Engines during Lunar Landings
  50. Chapter 39. Lunar Habitats Protection Against Meteoroid Impact Damage
  51. Chapter 40. Deployment of Greenhouse for Long-Term Lunar Base
  52. Section VII: Lunar Soil Mechanics
  53. Chapter 41. A Constitutive Model for Lunar Soil
  54. Chapter 42. Geotechnical Engineering Properties of Lunar Soil Simulants
  55. Chapter 43. Tension of Terrestrial Excavation Mechanics to Lunar Soil
  56. Chapter 44. Lunar Concrete1
  57. Chapter 45. Silicon-Utilizing Organisms May Be Used in Future Terraforming of the Moon
  58. Appendix
  59. Back cover