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"The Moon: Why and How we Should Return" © 2004
(Position Paper
adopted jointly by LRS and the Moon Society Board, 3/04/2004)

"The Hubble Space Telescope and the Future of Space-Based Astronomy in the Light of a Return to the Moon" © 2004
(Position Paper
adopted jointly by LRS and the Moon Society Board, 3/04/2004)


"Spinning-up" Glass-Glass Composites Technology © 1987

MUS/cle Strategy for Lunar Industrial Diversification © 1988

Prinzton: a Rille-Bottom Settlement for Three Thousand Pioneers © 1989

The Lunar Hostel: An Alternate Concept for First Beachead and Secondary Outposts © 1991

This '91 paper introduces several seminal concepts that have since found their way into mainstream NASA thinking
  • The "amphibious" "frog", a lunar lander that can taxi
  • The telescoping module
  • The toroidal "hybrid rigid inflatable" "donut" concept now embodied in the design of Transhab

The "Frontier Builder": an Earth-Moon Hotel Cruise Ship: Definition & Design Exercise © 1992

SSI Research Goals Proposal © 1993

Railroads on the Moon © 1993

The Prehistory of Lunar Prospector © 1995

The Use of Lunar Lavatubes © 1995

Reinventing Space Oases © 1996

Rehabilitating Venus as a Human Destination © 1992, 1998, 2000

Living "Off the Ice" on Europa © 1997, 1998, 2001

What do Lavatubes Look Like? © 1999

TransHab and the Prehistory of its Architecture. © 1999

Steps to Civilian Lunar Home Rule Authority © 1999

[This paper has been a topic of discussion on Backwash.com]

The "MarsPulse" Calendar © 1999, 2004

"Improving" the Moon and The Developer's Role © 2000

Illustrated Discussion of Moon / Mars Habitat Options © 2002

Adopting a Lunar Calendar © 1987, 1996, 2001, 2005

NEW The Oupost Trap: Technologies Needed to Break Free © 2006

NEW Assuring Mental Health Among Future Lunar Frontier Pioneers © 2008

NEW Beyond Our First Moonbase (pdf file) © 2006

 


 

Papers in queue

Making Ourselves "at Home" on the Moon © 2001 [WIP / not online]

Moonbase Site Selection Considerations [WIP / not online]

Lunar Tourism

Foundations of Martian Culture

A Modular Approach to Biospherics [WIP / not online]

Building on the Moon & Lunar Architecture [WIP / not online]

Inside the Lunar Homestead

Moon Mining and Eco-Sense; polar ice reserves; tailings, gas scavenging, etc.

MMM Glossary

MMM Subject Index

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