From Footprints to Blueprints: Development of the Moon and Private Enterprise Book

Contents DEDICATION....................ix
APOLLO COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES ON THE MOON....................xi
FOREWORD....................xiii
INTRODUCTION....................xv
PREFACE....................xvii
I THE RATIONALE....................1
II FORECASTING THE CENTURY....................5
III FUNDING OF PROJECTS....................13
IV TYPES OF LUNAR COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE....................19
V MOON PROJECT - CONTRACTUAL SPLITS AND ORGANIZATION....................23
VI ENTERPRISE SUPPORT CENTERS ON EARTH....................29
VII CHARACTERISTICS AND FEATURES OF THE MOON....................35
VIII LIVING AND WORKING ON THE MOON....................55
IX LUNAR SURFACE EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA)....................65
X PRECURSOR MISSIONS....................71
XI EARTH/MOON SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM....................79
XII MOON SPACEPORTS....................105
XIII LUNAR ENTERPRISE SITE LOCATION....................113
XIV LUNAR ENTERPRISE SITE DESIGN....................119
XV GEOGRAPHIC POSITIONING AND NAVIGATION ON THE MOON....................131
XVI COMMUNICATIONS....................135
XVII LUNAR VEHICLES....................145
XVIII PIONEERING RAILROADS ON EARTH / ON THE MOON....................159
XIX LUNAR ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION....................173
XX LUNAR CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING OPERATIONS....................187
XXI LIFE SUPPORT LOGISTICS ON THE MOON....................199
XXII SPACE RADIATION AND RADIATION PROTECTION....................211
XXIII SPACE TREATIES AND MOON REAL ESTATEMANAGEMENT....................217
APPENDICES....................227
APPENDIX A: THE LUNAR SOLAR POWER SYSTEM....................229
APPENDIX B: A THEME PARK ON THE MOON....................241
APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY OF TERMS....................249