The Moon: Resources, Future Development and Settlement

The Moon: Resources, Future Development and Settlement
ISBN-10
0387739823
ISBN-13
9780387739823
Series
The Moon
Category
Science
Pages
261
Language
English
Published
2007-11-27
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
David Schrunk, Burton Sharpe, Bonnie L. Cooper

Description

This extraordinary book details how the Moon could be used as a springboard for Solar System exploration. It presents a realistic plan for placing and servicing telescopes on the Moon, and highlights the use of the Moon as a base for an early warning system from which to combat threats of near-Earth objects. A realistic vision of human development and settlement of the Moon over the next one hundred years is presented, and the author explains how global living standards for the Earth can be enhanced through the use of lunar-based generated solar power. From that beginning, the people of the Earth would evolve into a spacefaring civilisation.

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