Lunar Settlements

Front Cover
Haym Benaroya
CRC Press, Feb 12, 2010 - Science - 801 pages

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.

 

Contents

Chapter 1 Return to the Moon
3
Chapter 2 Rutgers 2007 Symposium on Lunar Settlements
9
Chapter 3 Rutgers 2007 Symposium on Lunar Settlements
19
Planning Activities 19611965
33
Preserving and Transferring the Apollo Legaacy to a New Generation
55
Chapter 6 Working in Space
63
Lunar Development
73
Toward Economically Sustainable Development
75
Planning and Analogues
319
Beyond the Pioneering Stage
321
Chapter 26 Assessment of Lunar Exploration Objectives
325
Chapter 27 A SelfSufficient MoonBase Analogue
355
Chapter 28 Terrestrial Analogs Selection Considerations for Planetary Surface Facility Planning and Operations
375
Chapter 29 Surface Infrastructure Planning and Design Considerations for Future Lunar and Mars Habitation
387
Chapter 30 Settlement Site Selection and Exploration through Hierarchical Roving
401
Chapter 31 Integrated Lunar Transportation System
415

Some Preliminary Thoughts1
87
Chapter 9 Lunar Commercial Logistics Transportation
101
Concepts for Initial Robotic Lunar Resource Development
129
Chapter 11 Solar Cell Fabrication on the Moon from Lunar Resources
143
Outer Space Habitat Design
153
Chpater 12 Multidisciplinary Approach for User Reliability
155
Physical and Cultural Adaptation in Outer Space
165
Color and Light for Well Being in Outer Space
175
Art as a Psychological Support for the Outer Space Habitat
197
Natural Elements as a WellBeing Stimuli in Outer Space
215
Multidisciplinary Approach for User WellBeing
225
The Human Condition
231
Chapter 18 An Analysis of the Interface between Lunar Habitat Conditions and an Acclimatized Human Physiology as Defined by the Digital Astrona...
233
Chapter 19 Mental Health Implications of Working in a Lunar Settlement
241
The Strongest and the Weakest Joint in the Chain
247
Designing for Psychological WellBeing for Long Duration Stays on Moon and Mars
261
Chapter 22 IndoorAir Quality Implications of 222RN from Lunar Regolith
277
Protected Antipode Circle at the Center of the Farside of the Moon for th Benefit of All Humankind
291
Chapter 24 Developing the Moon with Ethics and Reality
305
Lunar Bases
431
Chapter 32 Lunar Base Site Preparation
433
Present Status1
451
Design Concept for the First Manned Lunar Base
493
Chapter 35 Design and Construction of a Modular Lunar Base
509
Chapter 36 Advanced Systems Concept for Autonomous Construction and SelfRepair of Lunar Surface ISRU Structures
519
Chapter 37 A ReliabilityBased Design Concept for Lunar Habitats
533
Chapter 38 Cratering and Blowing Soil by Rocket Engines during Lunar Landings
551
Chapter 39 Lunar Habitats Protection Against Meteoroid Impact Damage
577
Chapter 40 Deployment of Greenhouse for LongTerm Lunar Base
593
Lunar Soil Mechanics
615
Chapter 41 A Constitutive Model for Lunar Soil
617
Chapter 42 Geotechnical Engineering Properties of Lunar Soil Simulants
637
Chapter 43 Tension of Terrestrial Excavation Mechanics to Lunar Soil
649
Chapter 44 Lunar Concrete1
667
Chapter 45 SiliconUtilizing Organisms May Be Used in Future Terraforming of the Moon
679
Appendix
693
Back cover
785
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Haym Benaroya is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University. Dr. Benaroya is also founder and director of the Center for Structures in Extreme Environments.