Turning Dust to Gold Building a Future on the Moon and Mars /

• Main Author: Benaroya, Haym (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis : Imprint: Praxis, 2010.
• Series: Space Exploration
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Our continued prosperity and survival as species will in part depend upon space exploration and manned settlement. This will provide resources for our industrial societies and create new opportunities and markets. This book is a journey into our potential future, as several nations today begin serio...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• A Vision Of Our Goals
• Bootstrapping A Lunar Civilization
• Technical Issues
• Lunar Bases
• Science On The Moon
• Commerce On The Moon
• The Moon, Then Mars
• Luna At 2050
• Mars 2050-2100
• Issues For The Next Generation.