...ement on the Moon. Later there will surely be many lunar settlements, but for right now we need to focus on where to place the very first settlement usin
NASA chose a site, [[Crater Shackleton]], for planning purposes in [[NASA_Exploration_Strategy]] but claimed the choice w
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...cesses. Luna also lacks significant sources of [[Argon]], which is useful for industry. Mars has all of these elements in reasonably recoverable concent
...re should be a large fraction of the take-off weight in orbit. With wings for a supersonic in ground effect landing in the 0.1 psi Martian atmosphere, th
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...to deliver lunar materials to orbit for building the homes for emigrants, space habitats.
...the needed effect. Fine yaw control is provided by reaction wheels sized for adjusting the yaw of the spacecraft carrier. Course yaw control is provide
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...regolith is at depth yet. We will be discovering that. There is a chance for damage to the habitat in digging, moving soil and other construction tasks.
...Moon is a few golf cart sized pieces of construction equipment. Small low power devices have a limit in the amount of damage they can do to the habitat by
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...of the mission. Select the X to close the balloon. Now you can see flags for all six landing sites.
...kept the same as you change your map selection. This gives researchers a power they only could dream of before!
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This article uses the '''µm''' abbreviation for '''[[exd:micron|microns]]''', micrometers, or 10<sup>-6</sup> meters. This
For more details see:
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This is a concept for lunar industrial development.
...echnologically possible to produce a space based solar power (SBSP) system for Earth from lunar materials, but the economics cause difficult constraints a
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...problems and opportunities that lie ahead. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is currently undergoing this process of looking to new directions in
...ve analysis that does not blink in the face of the great problems foreseen for the 21st century.
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