Return to the Moon Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space /

• Main Author: Schmitt, Harrison H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Space sciences.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon—to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human colonies there in a kind of stepping stone comm...

Table of Contents:

• Apollo: The Legacy
• Energy: The Global Future
• Booster: Moon Rocket Economics
• Fusion: Helium-3 Power Economics
• Resources: Lunar Helium-3 Economics
• Settlement: Helium-3 Production Economics
• Approaches: Organizatonal Options for a Return
• Management: Lessons from Apollo
• NASA: Restructuring for Deep Space
• Investors: The Best Approach
• Law: Space Resources
• Humans: Roles in Space
• Implications.