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The promise of a second grand international space venture is attractive, and promises tantalizing benefits as evidenced by the completion and manning of the ISS. However, there are several factors that present serious roadblocks.First,.....
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In the proposals for a lunar settlement site, perhaps the most recent target has been the slope of Malapert Mountain at the southern pole. Prior options included locations both in and out of craters, but nearly all locations advocated to date have.....
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But let's talk a moment about the consequences of humanity moving into space. In the first few decades of a permanent settlement we will overcome many great and small challenges. From food, air, and water, to finding new ways to generate .....
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Americans have a history of "frontiersmanship", the aspect of challenging all boundaries placed before them: social, physical, science, and political to name a few. Is this to say that other groups do not embrace this? No, just that no other.....
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The Homestead Project handbook outlines in general terms a plan to settle the moon in twelve steps. These steps are not the grand scheme type of human cooperation over decades or centuries, but rather an approach that would cover perhaps 10 years......
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A settlement that must be initialized in a far away place with limited or no resources must carry with it the raw materials necessary to assure a reasonable opportunity for success. While my prior post provided the preliminary requirements for a s.....
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In order to survive in space, particularly on the surface of the moon or mars, we must have a source of air, water, and food; a supply that will replenish itself, without shipments from earth. There is only one method to do this economically: g.....
