A Lunar Space Station: NASA's Study to Design a Lunar Space Station in Support of a Manned Moon Base
Book Details
Author(s)Mark Merrow
PublisheraIc Books
ISBN / ASINB014LQ177S
ISBN-13978B014LQ1774
Sales Rank2,385,716
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
NASA Report Overview:
As part of the ambitious space exploration program that has been proposed for the end of this century and into the next, the return of humans to the moon is one of the primary objectives. In order to accomplish the goal of a permanent moon base, a large support structure must be developed to provide the lunar residents all the materials and equipment that they will need to properly use the moons abundant natural resources. Our Aerospace Vehicle Design team feels that one of the essential elements of this support structure is an orbiting Lunar Station similar to the earth station Freedom. With the above considerations, we are proud to propose a space station concept for the low lunar orbit.
The Lunar Space Station (LSS) is a complete support facility that will have the ability to provide the surface base with fuel, water and equipment ferried from earth. An added purpose of the station will to experiment with manufacturing using lunar materials. Taking advantage of the zero-gravity environment, this facility will produce a superior grade of GaAs crystals for the construction of semiconductor devices. The abundance of silicon oxide and other silicates also allows for the mass production of fiberglass at a high profit margin.
Additionally, vegetation of various kinds will be grown on-board. They will have an active role in the air and food cycles of the life support system. These along with other minor experiments will attempt to demonstrate the commercial applications of space exploration. The obvious design problems, in this case, are the power requirements, space hazards, profitability of the industrial processes and the prolonged zero-g effects. Our project will attack these problems with design concepts and solutions that are feasible with today's technologies. The single obstacle in realizing this project would be the high cost today's space transportation systems.
118 pages, includes dozens of drawings, illustrations and charts.
This is a Print Replica that maintains the formatting and layout of the original edition and offers many of the advantages of standard Kindle books.
As part of the ambitious space exploration program that has been proposed for the end of this century and into the next, the return of humans to the moon is one of the primary objectives. In order to accomplish the goal of a permanent moon base, a large support structure must be developed to provide the lunar residents all the materials and equipment that they will need to properly use the moons abundant natural resources. Our Aerospace Vehicle Design team feels that one of the essential elements of this support structure is an orbiting Lunar Station similar to the earth station Freedom. With the above considerations, we are proud to propose a space station concept for the low lunar orbit.
The Lunar Space Station (LSS) is a complete support facility that will have the ability to provide the surface base with fuel, water and equipment ferried from earth. An added purpose of the station will to experiment with manufacturing using lunar materials. Taking advantage of the zero-gravity environment, this facility will produce a superior grade of GaAs crystals for the construction of semiconductor devices. The abundance of silicon oxide and other silicates also allows for the mass production of fiberglass at a high profit margin.
Additionally, vegetation of various kinds will be grown on-board. They will have an active role in the air and food cycles of the life support system. These along with other minor experiments will attempt to demonstrate the commercial applications of space exploration. The obvious design problems, in this case, are the power requirements, space hazards, profitability of the industrial processes and the prolonged zero-g effects. Our project will attack these problems with design concepts and solutions that are feasible with today's technologies. The single obstacle in realizing this project would be the high cost today's space transportation systems.
118 pages, includes dozens of drawings, illustrations and charts.
This is a Print Replica that maintains the formatting and layout of the original edition and offers many of the advantages of standard Kindle books.
