What does power generation on the Moon have to do with software? We’ll soon see. Perhaps the most commonly proposed source of power for an initial Lunar Base whose requirements are in the 100-1000 kilowatt range, is a form of fast compact nuclear reactor such as is being developed in the SP-100 Program for space […]
A new environment, the middoors, has become familiar to most of us in the form of the enclosed, climate-controlled streets and plazas
From Apollo samples we might expect every thousand tons of soil processed to yield one ton of hydrogen, 230 lbs. of carbon, and even 164 lbs. of nitrogen
Why do space enthusiasts continue to espouse and settle for developments which are NOT ON THE ROAD to ultimate goals?
The first impression anyone will have of a Lunar Settlement will be that of a complex of mounds
Dr. T. D. Lin, a native of Taiwan, is now living and working in this country for Construction Technology Laboratories in Skokie, Illinois wants to build a lunar base out of concrete. In order to have done his homework in connection with the World Space Foundation bid for a small amount of Apollo sample return […]
A few weeks ago I took in an unusual concert: the Northern Illinois University (De Kalb) Steel Drum Band, largest and oldest in the country, was playing at the UWM Union (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee). I went to get a fore taste of “Moon Music”. Humor me a bit with these assumptions. Musical instruments […]
[The second in a series of articles on the need to predevelop the SOFTWARE for a Lunar Civilization] I remember as a young man too many years ago [1955] my first time in Hudson Bay Company (yes, the original Canadian Trading Co.) department store in Calgary Alberta. How impressed I was by the great variety […]
One settlement a world does not make! Of course one must start with a single site, and it will be able to serve most of the initial needs. But…