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 […]

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

[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 […]

[The first of a series of articles on the need to predevelop the SOFTWARE of a Lunar Civilization] Yes, the air and water of a Lunar settlement can be chemically recycled; and yes, the settlers can be fed synthetic foods so that it would not be strictly necessary to bring to the Moon any representatives […]