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Lunarpedia:Outline draft/TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE

2008-08-10T00:05:38Z

Bryce: /* Specific markets */

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=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/THE RETURN|THE RETURN]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/BREAKOUT AGENDA|BREAKOUT AGENDA]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/SETTLEMENT GROWTH|SETTLEMENT GROWTH]]=

=TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE=

==Exports & Market Development==
===Specific markets===
*Lunar Orbital Industries/Facilities
*Earth-Moon L1 Staging area and other Earth-Moon Lagrange Points (e.g. L4, L5)
*Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO)
*Low Earth Orbit industrial parks
*Low Earth Orbit tourist facilities
*Sun-Earth Lagrange Points - L1 and L2 already being used or discussed by scientists and space agencies.
*Mars, Phobos, Deimos
:made-on-Luna heavy equipment
:Nuclear fuels (lunar thorium 232 > uranium 233)
:Seasoned pioneers
:Technology expertise
*Asteroids
:Mining equipment
:Oxygen, Oxides, Oxygen-based Reagents
*other

===Value added product types===
*Lunar-sourced chemical fuels
*Lunar-produced nuclear fuels (the thorium 232 > uranium 233 cycle), essential to the opening of Mars to settlement
*Heavy mining machinery
*Refractory material for solar ovens and smelters
*Construction materials
*Oxygen
*Products made for domestic use
*Furnishings
*Arts & crafts
*Unique jewelry
*Food products
*New crop variety seeds
*other

===Services===
*archival storage
*mausoleum
*highly isolated sites for toxic or otherwise dangerous processes
*sites for 1/6 g processes and manufacturing
*postal covers/cancellations and similar certification services
*professional and legal services
*repair, refueling, and other mechanical services
===Raw materials to Earth===
*"moondust" and other minerals
*meteorites (more pristine than those on Earth)
===Raw Materials for Off-Earth Markets===
*[[Solar Power Satellites]] construction
*shielding
*fuel and/or oxidizer
*space colony construction
*optics and telescopes
*solar cell raw materials
===Human Resources for Off-Earth Markets===
*labor pool - Culturally, the airline or astronaut personality is in its infancy vis a vis experience with the colonization of large multicultural groups ..Whereas the MARITIME world has been doing this for centuries..the spaceport labor pool will come from the merchant mariner labor pool which is already global, multinational and run in a strictly hierarchical, precision management system of megacorporation ownership. Spaceport and space ship labor for travel/leisure and global supply chain functions will easily be the offspring of cruise ships and maritime industry families/personnel. For shipboard hotel operations, self sufficiency is status quo..Global provisioning and multi port embark/debark activities allowing for flag state sovereignty already function at very high levels...Mariners are used to living at their work, away from family for long periods of time.. A Mariner lifestyle choice is most like/suited to spaceship/port operations. Cargo (of all kinds even that which talks back) ships in orbits above the earth would be run by virtually the same "bound to adventure" personalities found aboard ships that currently orbit the earth's oceans..needing only adaptations to new mode of propulsion and gravity challenges (we will have that sorted out soon. adjusting ways to lash down the cargo in storms or heavy seas to variations of "space gimbling".) Maritime engineering systems already thrive and adapt with dynamic technological change...with multiple, collaborative efforts in place with aerospace engineers. This collaboration will expand to DECK (pilot navigation) and HOTEL operations as the vessels for in space use are refined.

*trained personnel - will come from mariner backgrounds...Space law is very similar to and had its genesis in Admiralty law. The IMO (international maritime Organization) understands "securing the global supply chain" Merchant Marine Academies world wide (IAMU- International association of Maritime Universitites)already have extensive exchange programs with different flag states..Spaceships will easily be departmental extensions of existing maritime industry megaplayers..with IMO/IAMU adapting maritime education and laws of the sea to technical and managerial training for space application while protecting the rights of space mariners. Training could be accomplished in a traditional maritime STCW (Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping) type of command ...with virtually identical licensure and regulatory systems.

===Technology licenses===
*Biospheric technologies
*Agricultural technologies
*Recycling technologies
*Building material technologies
*Poor ore mining technologies
*other
===Infotainment products===
*Travelogues
*Explorations
*Dance, sport, music, etc.
===Other "zero-mass" products===
*astronomical data
*detailed maps
*geological/selenological information (data)
*remote sensing data (e.g. of the Earth and/or Sun)
*consulting and "distance teaching" by experts working on the Moon
===Energy exports===
*Lunar fuels
:Hydrogen
:Oxygen
:Silane
:other
:Lunar processed nuclear fuels (thorium 232 > uranium 233)
*Direct Power (i.e. via laser or microwave transmission)
*Solar Cell arrays
*[[helium3|Helium-3]]
*Building materials for [[Solar Power Satellites]]
*other

==Development of other export markets==
===LEO industrial parks===
===LEO tourist clusters===
===GEO satellite farm-platforms===
===L4, L5 Lunar Flank relays, telescopes===
===L1, L2 Lunar Gateways for people, cargo===
===Asteroid mission support===
===Mars, Phobos, Deimos===
===Other===

==Imports==
===The "MUS/cle strategy" for Import Reduction===
===Institute of Lunar-apropriate Industrial Design===
===Stowaway import strategies===
===Development of locally made substitutes===
===Going without===

==Developing other import market sources==
===Phobos, Deimos (methane, ammonia?)===
===Mars ("pipeline" inventory items)===
===Near-Earth asteroids (volatiles, lunar-deficient elements)===
===comets (volatiles)===
===other===

[[Category:Business]]

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=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/UNIVERSITY OF LUNA|UNIVERSITY OF LUNA]]=

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Lunarpedia:Outline draft/TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE

2008-08-09T23:58:17Z

Bryce: /* Value added product types */

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=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/PRELUDE|PRELUDE]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/WHERE TO|WHERE TO]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/THE RETURN|THE RETURN]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/BREAKOUT AGENDA|BREAKOUT AGENDA]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/SETTLEMENT GROWTH|SETTLEMENT GROWTH]]=

=TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE=

==Exports & Market Development==
===Specific markets===
*Lunar Orbital Industries/Facilities
*Earth-Moon L1 Staging area and other Earth-Moon Lagrange Points (e.g. L4, L5)
*Low Earth Orbit industrial parks
*Low Earth Orbit tourist facilities
*Sun-Earth Lagrange Points - L1 and L2 already being used or discussed by scientists and space agencies.
*Mars, Phobos, Deimos
:made-on-Luna heavy equipment
:Nuclear fuels (lunar thorium 232 > uranium 233)
:Seasoned pioneers
:Technology expertise
*Asteroids
:Mining equipment
:Oxygen, Oxides, Oxygen-based Reagents
*other

===Value added product types===
*Lunar-sourced chemical fuels
*Lunar-produced nuclear fuels (the thorium 232 > uranium 233 cycle), essential to the opening of Mars to settlement
*Heavy mining machinery
*Refractory material for solar ovens and smelters
*Construction materials
*Oxygen
*Products made for domestic use
*Furnishings
*Arts & crafts
*Unique jewelry
*Food products
*New crop variety seeds
*other

===Services===
*archival storage
*mausoleum
*highly isolated sites for toxic or otherwise dangerous processes
*sites for 1/6 g processes and manufacturing
*postal covers/cancellations and similar certification services
*professional and legal services
*repair, refueling, and other mechanical services
===Raw materials to Earth===
*"moondust" and other minerals
*meteorites (more pristine than those on Earth)
===Raw Materials for Off-Earth Markets===
*[[Solar Power Satellites]] construction
*shielding
*fuel and/or oxidizer
*space colony construction
*optics and telescopes
*solar cell raw materials
===Human Resources for Off-Earth Markets===
*labor pool - Culturally, the airline or astronaut personality is in its infancy vis a vis experience with the colonization of large multicultural groups ..Whereas the MARITIME world has been doing this for centuries..the spaceport labor pool will come from the merchant mariner labor pool which is already global, multinational and run in a strictly hierarchical, precision management system of megacorporation ownership. Spaceport and space ship labor for travel/leisure and global supply chain functions will easily be the offspring of cruise ships and maritime industry families/personnel. For shipboard hotel operations, self sufficiency is status quo..Global provisioning and multi port embark/debark activities allowing for flag state sovereignty already function at very high levels...Mariners are used to living at their work, away from family for long periods of time.. A Mariner lifestyle choice is most like/suited to spaceship/port operations. Cargo (of all kinds even that which talks back) ships in orbits above the earth would be run by virtually the same "bound to adventure" personalities found aboard ships that currently orbit the earth's oceans..needing only adaptations to new mode of propulsion and gravity challenges (we will have that sorted out soon. adjusting ways to lash down the cargo in storms or heavy seas to variations of "space gimbling".) Maritime engineering systems already thrive and adapt with dynamic technological change...with multiple, collaborative efforts in place with aerospace engineers. This collaboration will expand to DECK (pilot navigation) and HOTEL operations as the vessels for in space use are refined.

*trained personnel - will come from mariner backgrounds...Space law is very similar to and had its genesis in Admiralty law. The IMO (international maritime Organization) understands "securing the global supply chain" Merchant Marine Academies world wide (IAMU- International association of Maritime Universitites)already have extensive exchange programs with different flag states..Spaceships will easily be departmental extensions of existing maritime industry megaplayers..with IMO/IAMU adapting maritime education and laws of the sea to technical and managerial training for space application while protecting the rights of space mariners. Training could be accomplished in a traditional maritime STCW (Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping) type of command ...with virtually identical licensure and regulatory systems.

===Technology licenses===
*Biospheric technologies
*Agricultural technologies
*Recycling technologies
*Building material technologies
*Poor ore mining technologies
*other
===Infotainment products===
*Travelogues
*Explorations
*Dance, sport, music, etc.
===Other "zero-mass" products===
*astronomical data
*detailed maps
*geological/selenological information (data)
*remote sensing data (e.g. of the Earth and/or Sun)
*consulting and "distance teaching" by experts working on the Moon
===Energy exports===
*Lunar fuels
:Hydrogen
:Oxygen
:Silane
:other
:Lunar processed nuclear fuels (thorium 232 > uranium 233)
*Direct Power (i.e. via laser or microwave transmission)
*Solar Cell arrays
*[[helium3|Helium-3]]
*Building materials for [[Solar Power Satellites]]
*other

==Development of other export markets==
===LEO industrial parks===
===LEO tourist clusters===
===GEO satellite farm-platforms===
===L4, L5 Lunar Flank relays, telescopes===
===L1, L2 Lunar Gateways for people, cargo===
===Asteroid mission support===
===Mars, Phobos, Deimos===
===Other===

==Imports==
===The "MUS/cle strategy" for Import Reduction===
===Institute of Lunar-apropriate Industrial Design===
===Stowaway import strategies===
===Development of locally made substitutes===
===Going without===

==Developing other import market sources==
===Phobos, Deimos (methane, ammonia?)===
===Mars ("pipeline" inventory items)===
===Near-Earth asteroids (volatiles, lunar-deficient elements)===
===comets (volatiles)===
===other===

[[Category:Business]]

=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/HEALTHY CITIZENS|HEALTHY CITIZENS]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/UNIVERSITY OF LUNA|UNIVERSITY OF LUNA]]=

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Lunarpedia:Outline draft/TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE

2008-08-09T23:54:42Z

Bryce: /* Value added product types */

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=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/PRELUDE|PRELUDE]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/WHERE TO|WHERE TO]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/THE RETURN|THE RETURN]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/BREAKOUT AGENDA|BREAKOUT AGENDA]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/SETTLEMENT GROWTH|SETTLEMENT GROWTH]]=

=TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE=

==Exports & Market Development==
===Specific markets===
*Lunar Orbital Industries/Facilities
*Earth-Moon L1 Staging area and other Earth-Moon Lagrange Points (e.g. L4, L5)
*Low Earth Orbit industrial parks
*Low Earth Orbit tourist facilities
*Sun-Earth Lagrange Points - L1 and L2 already being used or discussed by scientists and space agencies.
*Mars, Phobos, Deimos
:made-on-Luna heavy equipment
:Nuclear fuels (lunar thorium 232 > uranium 233)
:Seasoned pioneers
:Technology expertise
*Asteroids
:Mining equipment
:Oxygen, Oxides, Oxygen-based Reagents
*other

===Value added product types===
*Lunar-sourced chemical fuels
*Lunar-produced nuclear fuels (the thorium 232 > uranium 233 cycle), essential to the opening of Mars to settlement
*Heavy mining machinery
*Refractory material for solar ovens and smelters
*Construction materials
*Products made for domestic use
*Furnishings
*Arts & crafts
*Unique jewelry
*Food products
*New crop variety seeds
*other

===Services===
*archival storage
*mausoleum
*highly isolated sites for toxic or otherwise dangerous processes
*sites for 1/6 g processes and manufacturing
*postal covers/cancellations and similar certification services
*professional and legal services
*repair, refueling, and other mechanical services
===Raw materials to Earth===
*"moondust" and other minerals
*meteorites (more pristine than those on Earth)
===Raw Materials for Off-Earth Markets===
*[[Solar Power Satellites]] construction
*shielding
*fuel and/or oxidizer
*space colony construction
*optics and telescopes
*solar cell raw materials
===Human Resources for Off-Earth Markets===
*labor pool - Culturally, the airline or astronaut personality is in its infancy vis a vis experience with the colonization of large multicultural groups ..Whereas the MARITIME world has been doing this for centuries..the spaceport labor pool will come from the merchant mariner labor pool which is already global, multinational and run in a strictly hierarchical, precision management system of megacorporation ownership. Spaceport and space ship labor for travel/leisure and global supply chain functions will easily be the offspring of cruise ships and maritime industry families/personnel. For shipboard hotel operations, self sufficiency is status quo..Global provisioning and multi port embark/debark activities allowing for flag state sovereignty already function at very high levels...Mariners are used to living at their work, away from family for long periods of time.. A Mariner lifestyle choice is most like/suited to spaceship/port operations. Cargo (of all kinds even that which talks back) ships in orbits above the earth would be run by virtually the same "bound to adventure" personalities found aboard ships that currently orbit the earth's oceans..needing only adaptations to new mode of propulsion and gravity challenges (we will have that sorted out soon. adjusting ways to lash down the cargo in storms or heavy seas to variations of "space gimbling".) Maritime engineering systems already thrive and adapt with dynamic technological change...with multiple, collaborative efforts in place with aerospace engineers. This collaboration will expand to DECK (pilot navigation) and HOTEL operations as the vessels for in space use are refined.

*trained personnel - will come from mariner backgrounds...Space law is very similar to and had its genesis in Admiralty law. The IMO (international maritime Organization) understands "securing the global supply chain" Merchant Marine Academies world wide (IAMU- International association of Maritime Universitites)already have extensive exchange programs with different flag states..Spaceships will easily be departmental extensions of existing maritime industry megaplayers..with IMO/IAMU adapting maritime education and laws of the sea to technical and managerial training for space application while protecting the rights of space mariners. Training could be accomplished in a traditional maritime STCW (Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping) type of command ...with virtually identical licensure and regulatory systems.

===Technology licenses===
*Biospheric technologies
*Agricultural technologies
*Recycling technologies
*Building material technologies
*Poor ore mining technologies
*other
===Infotainment products===
*Travelogues
*Explorations
*Dance, sport, music, etc.
===Other "zero-mass" products===
*astronomical data
*detailed maps
*geological/selenological information (data)
*remote sensing data (e.g. of the Earth and/or Sun)
*consulting and "distance teaching" by experts working on the Moon
===Energy exports===
*Lunar fuels
:Hydrogen
:Oxygen
:Silane
:other
:Lunar processed nuclear fuels (thorium 232 > uranium 233)
*Direct Power (i.e. via laser or microwave transmission)
*Solar Cell arrays
*[[helium3|Helium-3]]
*Building materials for [[Solar Power Satellites]]
*other

==Development of other export markets==
===LEO industrial parks===
===LEO tourist clusters===
===GEO satellite farm-platforms===
===L4, L5 Lunar Flank relays, telescopes===
===L1, L2 Lunar Gateways for people, cargo===
===Asteroid mission support===
===Mars, Phobos, Deimos===
===Other===

==Imports==
===The "MUS/cle strategy" for Import Reduction===
===Institute of Lunar-apropriate Industrial Design===
===Stowaway import strategies===
===Development of locally made substitutes===
===Going without===

==Developing other import market sources==
===Phobos, Deimos (methane, ammonia?)===
===Mars ("pipeline" inventory items)===
===Near-Earth asteroids (volatiles, lunar-deficient elements)===
===comets (volatiles)===
===other===

[[Category:Business]]

=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/HEALTHY CITIZENS|HEALTHY CITIZENS]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/UNIVERSITY OF LUNA|UNIVERSITY OF LUNA]]=

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Lunarpedia:Outline draft/TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE

2008-08-09T23:49:08Z

Bryce: /* Specific markets */

<big><big><big>'''''[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft|Back To Main Outline Draft Index]]'''''</big></big></big>

=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/PRELUDE|PRELUDE]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/WHERE TO|WHERE TO]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/THE RETURN|THE RETURN]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/BREAKOUT AGENDA|BREAKOUT AGENDA]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/SETTLEMENT GROWTH|SETTLEMENT GROWTH]]=

=TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE=

==Exports & Market Development==
===Specific markets===
*Lunar Orbital Industries/Facilities
*Earth-Moon L1 Staging area and other Earth-Moon Lagrange Points (e.g. L4, L5)
*Low Earth Orbit industrial parks
*Low Earth Orbit tourist facilities
*Sun-Earth Lagrange Points - L1 and L2 already being used or discussed by scientists and space agencies.
*Mars, Phobos, Deimos
:made-on-Luna heavy equipment
:Nuclear fuels (lunar thorium 232 > uranium 233)
:Seasoned pioneers
:Technology expertise
*Asteroids
:Mining equipment
:Oxygen, Oxides, Oxygen-based Reagents
*other

===Value added product types===
*Products made for domestic use
*Construction materials
*Furnishings
*Arts & crafts
*Unique jewelry
*Food products
*New crop variety seeds
*Lunar-sourced chemical fuels
*Lunar-produced nuclear fuels (the thorium 232 > uranium 233 cycle), essential to the opening of Mars to settlement
*other
===Services===
*archival storage
*mausoleum
*highly isolated sites for toxic or otherwise dangerous processes
*sites for 1/6 g processes and manufacturing
*postal covers/cancellations and similar certification services
*professional and legal services
*repair, refueling, and other mechanical services
===Raw materials to Earth===
*"moondust" and other minerals
*meteorites (more pristine than those on Earth)
===Raw Materials for Off-Earth Markets===
*[[Solar Power Satellites]] construction
*shielding
*fuel and/or oxidizer
*space colony construction
*optics and telescopes
*solar cell raw materials
===Human Resources for Off-Earth Markets===
*labor pool - Culturally, the airline or astronaut personality is in its infancy vis a vis experience with the colonization of large multicultural groups ..Whereas the MARITIME world has been doing this for centuries..the spaceport labor pool will come from the merchant mariner labor pool which is already global, multinational and run in a strictly hierarchical, precision management system of megacorporation ownership. Spaceport and space ship labor for travel/leisure and global supply chain functions will easily be the offspring of cruise ships and maritime industry families/personnel. For shipboard hotel operations, self sufficiency is status quo..Global provisioning and multi port embark/debark activities allowing for flag state sovereignty already function at very high levels...Mariners are used to living at their work, away from family for long periods of time.. A Mariner lifestyle choice is most like/suited to spaceship/port operations. Cargo (of all kinds even that which talks back) ships in orbits above the earth would be run by virtually the same "bound to adventure" personalities found aboard ships that currently orbit the earth's oceans..needing only adaptations to new mode of propulsion and gravity challenges (we will have that sorted out soon. adjusting ways to lash down the cargo in storms or heavy seas to variations of "space gimbling".) Maritime engineering systems already thrive and adapt with dynamic technological change...with multiple, collaborative efforts in place with aerospace engineers. This collaboration will expand to DECK (pilot navigation) and HOTEL operations as the vessels for in space use are refined.

*trained personnel - will come from mariner backgrounds...Space law is very similar to and had its genesis in Admiralty law. The IMO (international maritime Organization) understands "securing the global supply chain" Merchant Marine Academies world wide (IAMU- International association of Maritime Universitites)already have extensive exchange programs with different flag states..Spaceships will easily be departmental extensions of existing maritime industry megaplayers..with IMO/IAMU adapting maritime education and laws of the sea to technical and managerial training for space application while protecting the rights of space mariners. Training could be accomplished in a traditional maritime STCW (Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping) type of command ...with virtually identical licensure and regulatory systems.

===Technology licenses===
*Biospheric technologies
*Agricultural technologies
*Recycling technologies
*Building material technologies
*Poor ore mining technologies
*other
===Infotainment products===
*Travelogues
*Explorations
*Dance, sport, music, etc.
===Other "zero-mass" products===
*astronomical data
*detailed maps
*geological/selenological information (data)
*remote sensing data (e.g. of the Earth and/or Sun)
*consulting and "distance teaching" by experts working on the Moon
===Energy exports===
*Lunar fuels
:Hydrogen
:Oxygen
:Silane
:other
:Lunar processed nuclear fuels (thorium 232 > uranium 233)
*Direct Power (i.e. via laser or microwave transmission)
*Solar Cell arrays
*[[helium3|Helium-3]]
*Building materials for [[Solar Power Satellites]]
*other

==Development of other export markets==
===LEO industrial parks===
===LEO tourist clusters===
===GEO satellite farm-platforms===
===L4, L5 Lunar Flank relays, telescopes===
===L1, L2 Lunar Gateways for people, cargo===
===Asteroid mission support===
===Mars, Phobos, Deimos===
===Other===

==Imports==
===The "MUS/cle strategy" for Import Reduction===
===Institute of Lunar-apropriate Industrial Design===
===Stowaway import strategies===
===Development of locally made substitutes===
===Going without===

==Developing other import market sources==
===Phobos, Deimos (methane, ammonia?)===
===Mars ("pipeline" inventory items)===
===Near-Earth asteroids (volatiles, lunar-deficient elements)===
===comets (volatiles)===
===other===

[[Category:Business]]

=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/HEALTHY CITIZENS|HEALTHY CITIZENS]]=
=[[Lunarpedia:Outline_draft/UNIVERSITY OF LUNA|UNIVERSITY OF LUNA]]=

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Oregon L5

2008-03-09T17:08:33Z

Bryce: Corrected and expanded officer list and contact info for 2008.

The '''Oregon L5 Society''' is a chapter of the [[National Space Society]] based out of Portland, Oregon. Its current (2008) officers are President [[Allen G. Taylor]], Treasurer [[Dareth Murray]], Secretary [[Thomas L. Billings]], Archivist [[Bryce Walden]], Programs [[Jean Marie Walker]], NSS in Second Life Management Team Administrator [[Cheryl Lynn York]], and Research Team Chair and Legislative Action Working Group (LAW Group) Chair [[Thomas L. Billings]]. Oregon L5 maintains an office at Bourne Plaza, 1501i SE 122nd Avenue, Portland OR 97233-1204. However, do not send mail to this address, instead send to:

Oregon L5 Society
P.O. Box 86
Oregon City, OR 97045-0007

General Contact Allen Taylor:
allen.taylor@ieee.org
503-656-0831

Research Team Business:
Thomas L. Billings
itsd1@comcast.net
503-261-9517

Programming:
Jean Marie Walker
jmwalker1@mac.com
541-753-4170

{{Org Stub}}
==External Link==
*http://www.oregonl5.org/

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:NSS Chapters]]

Bryce Walden

2007-07-25T09:59:21Z

Bryce: New page: See User:Bryce.

See [[User:Bryce]].

User:Bryce

2007-07-25T09:35:15Z

Bryce: About Bryce

'''Bryce Walden''' is a science-fiction fan, a space enthusiast, and a long-standing member and one of the originators of the ''Oregon L5 Society Research Team''. He started college at '''Purdue University''' as an Aerospace Engineering major, then graduated with a B.S. in Psychology. Special interests include Abnormal Psychology, Educational Psychology, Human Factors Engineering, Consciousness and Perception, Advertising and Public Relations, and General Semantics (non-Aristotelianism). He left graduate school after one semester to create and manage a small business, "The Nexial Shop". His brother has a Masters in Geology from Michigan State and as Bryce continued to work on planetary bases he has become self-taught in several specialty areas of planetary geology, especially the formation and morphology of lavatube caves, to which he was introduced by his brother. He continues to actively educate himself on items of space interest, most recently exploring some ideas regarding offworld economy. He was part of the team that worked under contract to '''NASA''' for '''''Site Characterization and Phase One Development Plan for the Oregon Moonbase''''' (1990) and under contract from Rockwell for ''Field Testing of an Outpost Servicing and Construction Robot (OSCR)'', at the '''Oregon Moonbase''' site in central Oregon. He was also on the team that presented several lunar lavatube base scenarios to '''Lockheed''' at their request as part of a '''NASA''' contract there. He is primary or co-author of papers published by the '''Lunar and Planetary Institute''', '''''Journal of Lunar Exploration and Development''''', and '''American Society of Civil Engineers'''. He presented at '''Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century''' (Houston, 1988), '''Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference XXII''', several '''Space & Robotics XX Conferences''', and the '''World Space Congress'''. He originated and promotes his proposal to move the Lunar Prime Meridian to bisect Mare Orientale. In 2007 he entered virtual space at '''Second Life''' (secondlife.com) and works there to educate and visualize space base concepts and activities.

Lunarpedia:Outline draft/TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE

2007-07-20T14:23:46Z

Bryce: Some organizational changes and additions, notably Services, Human Resources, "Zero Mass" Products, and Export to Off-Earth Markets

List of Lighting Technologies

2007-07-20T13:10:34Z

Bryce: Added "Natural Lighting" category

{{Bootstrap}}

[[Light Emitting Diodes]] 
[[Halogen Lighting]] 
[[Incandescent Lighting]] 
[[Sulfur Microwave Lighting]] 
[[Fluorescent Lighting]] 
[[Natural Light: Reflectors, Light Pipes, Skylights, etc.]]

Oral Histories List

2007-07-20T13:03:02Z

Bryce: Corrected spelling of "anecdote" (from "antidote").

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This list contains oral histories of people who have worked in the space industry. These are mostly anecdotes that experienced workers feel would benefit less experienced people and help us find our way back to the Moon.

An oral history is often a typed conversation between a person with experience and a writer.

Some of the interviewees are authors and their books are referenced.

Many are experienced space workers who do not feel they have enough material for a book, but would like to have their experience added to the general knowledge.

You can add your material anonymously, or sign it [[The Old Engineer]].

If you are currently employed by a company or agency that restricts publication, feel free to write glowing anecdotes that will warm the hearts of any middle level manager. There is no requirement for balance. And this is a great way to blow your own horn.

National Public Radio (NPR) is currently running a major national program to collect oral histories. It is called StoryCorps and demonstrates the power of this idea.

'''Warning:''' All material submitted to a wiki should be considered to be in the public domain. Authors should not quote their copy righted work, but write a new anecdote.

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==Completed Histories:==

* "[[Launching]]" written by [[User:pamstory|pamstory]] 12:00, 04 April 2007 (PDT)

* "[[A Whiter Shade of Pale]]" collected by --[[User:Jriley|Jriley]] 13:55, 4 April 2007 (PDT)

* "[[Konrad Dannenberg Inspires]]" written by [[User:Grady|Grady Woodard]]

* (Your story here.)

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==Supporting Material:==

* [[The Old Engineer]] -- This name for the author can be used by anyone wanting to remain anonymous.

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[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Oral Histories]]
[[Category:Stories]]
[[Category:History]]

MOO

2007-06-04T20:37:58Z

Bryce: Added Cantrip MOO client for MacOS X; swapped with Rapscallion and commented Rapscallion

{{Resource Stub}}

Many of the contributors and sysops for the wiki hang out on the ASI Moo. If you want to ask a question or just chat join us. If you already have a MOO client on your computer, connect to the ASI Meeting Server using:
moo.asi.org port 7777.

If you don't have a moo client here is a list of ones for popular OSes.

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! Windows !! OSX !! Linux
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| [http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/mushclient.htm MUSHClient] || [http://www.solidsun.com/cm/ Cantrip] || [http://www.awns.com/tkMOO-light/ tkMOO-light]
|-
| [http://www.cc.gatech.edu/elc/moose-crossing/winmoose/ WinMOOSE] || [http://www.heynow.com/Savitar/ Savitar] || [http://tales.ccs.yorku.ca/mush/connect/tf.html TinyFugue]
|-
| [http://www.awns.com/tkMOO-light/ tkMOO-light] || [http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Amy.Bruckman/MacMOOSE/ MacMOOSE] || [http://www.luon.net/~gert/ gMoo]
|-
| [http://www.zuggsoft.com/zmud/zmudinfo.htm zMUD] || Rapscallion (inactive & old) ||
|}

==External Links==
If you want to start doing more than in the moo after you get used to it here is a list of resources.

*[http://www.cyberteams.com/moo/encore/readme.html enCore Readme]
*[http://www.moo.mud.org/ Lambda MOO server]
*[http://cmc.uib.no/moo/yib/ Yib's Pet Rock: a moo programming primer for beginners]
*[http://it.uwp.edu/moo/ MooWP Guide]
*[http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=8910 The University of Michigan Press]
*[http://www.awns.com/tkMOO-light/ tkMOO-light for UNIX, Windows and Macintosh]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/fac/Amy.Bruckman/MacMOOSE/ MacMOOSE]
*[http://www.moo.mud.org/moo-faq/ MOO-Cows FAQ]
*[http://www.hoboes.com/html/NetLife/Valhalla/Valhalla-ADVANCED.html ADVANCED BUILDING]
*[http://www.hayseed.net/MOO/ The Lost Library of MOO]
*[http://home.earthlink.net/~scollazo77/web/disted/winmoo.htm WinMOO]
*[http://encore-consortium.org/ The enCore Consortium]
*[http://ele.sourceforge.net/ enCore Learning Environment on Sourceforge]
*[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=171339 enCore downloads on Sourceforge]
*[http://lingo.uib.no/v5/install/new.html enCore v5 Installation]
*[http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/lirvin/EMOSDP/index.htm Encore MOO Open Source Documentation]
*[http://moo.kcc.hawaii.edu/~moo/MOO/files/documentation/wizbasics.html Wizard Basics and Help on Maintaining Your Own MOO]

[[Category:Resources]]

Water

2007-06-04T19:50:40Z

Bryce: spelling

'''Water''', '''H2O''', is an ubiquitous molecule in the universe and very common in our Solar System. There is water in the atmosphere of Venus, drenching the Earth, as permafrost and polar caps on Mars, and it is the major component of several moons of the outer Solar System, as well as much of the debris farther out in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. So it came as quite a surprise in the 1960s, when samples were brought back from the Moon for the first time, that the Moon was ''anhydrous'', or without water. This was more profound than the lack of groundwater or permafrost; the water that is incorporated in many minerals on Earth was completely absent from lunar minerals.

The absence of water on a body that shared Earth's orbital zone around the Sun came as a profound revelation, and somewhat of a shock. Some of the most active theories about formation of the Moon (for example, co-accretion and fission) were instantly discredited. There was a period of a few years where theorists and researchers were left scratching their heads.

The theory of lunar formation that has now become generally accepted, that accounts not only for the lack of water but also the lack of heavier elements and lighter elements in the lunar makeup, posits that roughly 4 billion years ago, when the Solar System was still in formation and much more chaotic than it is today, a body about the size of Mars (but not Mars) struck the primordial Earth obliquely. The body became incorporated into the Earth, but the "splash", composed of a mix of proto-crustal material from Earth and the so-called "giant impactor", shot out into space. Some of it created a ring around the planet which, over the ages, was swept back together to form the Moon. This is called the "giant impactor hypothesis".

Because it was a glancing blow against the Earth, which had already started differentiating with lighter elements near the surface and heavier elements settling to the core, the debris was mostly composed of the lighter, proto-crustal material. Because so much energy was imparted to the blowout debris it became very hot and the lightest elements, up to and including carbon and nitrogen, were lost to space. When the remaining light, but refractory (high melting point), material condensed and consolidated to become the Moon, it lacked both heavy and light elements.

== Water and Life ==

Water is of course a primary component of life as we know it. The near total lack of water on the Moon struck quite a blow to lunar settlement plans. One of the components of water, oxygen, is abundant on the Moon, since many lunar rocks are oxides. It will take energy and machines to win this oxygen. Some hydrogen is also trapped in the lunar regolith, deposited by the solar wind, but it is very thin (Blacic, ref. below, states 100 ppm by weight) (ppm = parts per million). Finding hydrogen deposits in the cold trap areas of the lunar poles, presumably water ice but possibly some other ices as well, such as methane (CH4), has caused many planners to regard the poles as initial base candidates. Such hydrogen as can be found there, in whatever form, should probably not be squandered, but kept religiously in the lunar economy, being circulated and recirculated as water, carbohydrates, etc.

== Water and Fuel ==

Some people see the hydrogen deposits at the lunar pole cold traps as a source of cheap rocket fuel. This would be extremely wasteful of a vital life support resource, at least until such time as replacement hydrogen can be had from other extraterrestrial sources such as comets and outer moons. Other substances, such as aluminum or magnesium and oxygen can be used for rocket fuel. We have plenty of those.

== Water and Glass ==

In '''''Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the Twenty-first Century''''' (W.W. Mendell, ed., 1985), James D. Blacic of Los Alamos National Laboratory wrote about "Mechanical Properties of Lunar Materials Under Anhydrous, Hard Vacuum Conditions: Applications of Lunar Glass Structural Components" (p.487). He states that, "Hydrolysis of Si-O bonds at crack tips or dislocations reduces the strengh of silicates by about an order of magnitude in Earth environments." This means that lunar anhydrous glass is about an order of magnitude (10x) stronger than Earth glass we are familiar with, and can be useful as a structural component. Experiments confirm this. Anhydrous lunar glass or glass composites can be made into "a lightweight structural material with several hundred thousand psi tensile strength." 
This also has implications for geology and material handling on the Moon. The glass fraction of regolith will be much harder than we would otherwise expect, and this will make tools and machines wear more quickly. In geology, it implies that the glass matrix component of lunar basalts (about 52% [http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/basalt.html]) is much stronger on the Moon than on Earth, and this may translate to a much wider span being supportable than the roughly 340m theoretical maximum based on simple extrapolation of Earth basalt to the Moon (an order of magnitude, Earth maximum being approximately 30 meters). This possibility is supported by circumstantial evidence (Coombs & Hawke, 1992) that lunar lavatube caves may reach a kilometer or more in span (diameter). Note that due to the evidence of flowing water on Mars, its basalt may be no stronger than Earth basalt, and maximum size of its lavatubes may be roughly 150 meters (back of envelope calculation).

Water

2007-06-04T19:46:36Z

Bryce: Absence of water on Moon leads to revolution in thinking. Do not squander water on the Moon. Implications of anhydrous glass.

'''Water''', '''H2O''', is an ubiquitous molecule in the universe and very common in our Solar System. There is water in the atmosphere of Venus, drenching the Earth, as permafrost and polar caps on Mars, and it is the major component of several moons of the outer Solar System, as well as much of the debris farther out in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. So it came as quite a surprise in the 1960s, when samples were brought back from the Moon for the first time, that the Moon was ''anhydrous'', or without water. This was more profound than the lack of groundwater or permafrost; the water that is incorporated in many minerals on Earth was completely absent from lunar minerals.

The absence of water on a body that shared Earth's orbital zone around the Sun came as a profound revelation, and somewhat of a shock. Some of the most active theories about formation of the Moon (for example, co-accretion and fission) were instantly discredited. There was a period of a few years where theorists and researchers were left scratching their heads.

The theory of lunar formation that has now become generally accepted, that accounts not only for the lack of water but also the lack of heavier elements and lighter elements in the lunar makeup, posits that roughly 4 billion years ago, when the Solar System was still in formation and much more chaotic than it is today, a body about the size of Mars (but not Mars) struck the primordial Earth obliquely. The body became incorporated into the Earth, but the "splash", composed of a mix of proto-crustal material from Earth and the so-called "giant impactor", shot out into space. Some of it created a ring around the planet which, over the ages, was swept back together to form the Moon. This is called the "giant impactor hypothesis".

Because it was a glancing blow against the Earth, which had already started differentiating with lighter elements near the surface and heavier elements settling to the core, the debris was mostly composed of the lighter, proto-crustal material. Because so much energy was imparted to the blowout debris it became very hot and the lightest elements, up to and including carbon and nitrogen, were lost to space. When the remaining light, but refractory (high melting point), material condensed and consolidated to become the Moon, it lacked both heavy and light elements.

== Water and Life ==

Water is of course a primary component of life as we know it. The near total lack of water on the Moon struck quite a blow to lunar settlement plans. One of the components of water, oxygen, is abundant on the Moon, since many lunar rocks are oxides. It will take energy and machines to win this oxygen. Some hydrogen is also trapped in the lunar regolith, deposited by the solar wind, but it is very thin (Blacic, ref. below, states 100 ppm by weight) (ppm = parts per million). Finding hydrogen deposits in the cold trap areas of the lunar poles, presumably water ice but possibly some other ices as well, such as methane (CH4), has caused many planners to regard the poles as initial base candidates. Such hydrogen as can be found there, in whatever form, should probably not be squandered, but kept religiously in the lunar economy, being circulated and recirculated as water, carbohydrates, etc.

== Water and Fuel ==

Some people see the hydrogen deposits at the lunar pole cold traps as a source of cheap rocket fuel. This would be extremely wasteful of a vital life support resource, at least until such time as replacement hydrogen can be had from other extraterrestrial sources such as comets and outer moons. Other substances, such as aluminum or magnesium and oxygen can be used for rocket fuel. We have plenty of those.

== Water and Glass ==

In '''''Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the Twenty-first Century''''' (W.W. Mendell, ed., 1985), James D. Blacic of Los Alamos National Laboratory wrote about "Mechanical Properties of Lunar Materials Under Anhydrous, Hard Vacuum Conditions: Applications of Lunar Glass Structural Compnents" (p.487). He states that, "Hydrolysis of Si-O bonds at crack tips or dislocations reduces the strengh of silicates by about an order of magnitude in Earth environments." This means that lunar anhydrous glass is about an order of magnitude (10x) stronger than Earth glass we are familiar with, and can be useful as a structural component. Experiments confirm this. Anhydrous lunar glass or glass composites can be made into "a lightweight structural material with several hundred thousand psi tensile strength." 
This also has implications for geology and material handling on the Moon. The glass fraction of regolith will be much harder than we would otherwise expect, and this will make tools and machines wear more quickly. In geology, it implies that the glass matrix component of lunar basalts (about 52% [http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Products/Pglossary/basalt.html]) is much stronger on the Moon than on Earth, and this may translate to a much wider span being supportable than the roughly 340m theoretical maximum based on simple extrapolation of Earth basalt to the Moon (an order of magnitude, Earth maximum being approximately 30 meters). This possibility is supported by circumstantial evidence (Coombs & Hawke, 1992) that lunar lavatube caves may reach a kilometer or more in span (diameter). Note that due to the evidence of flowing water on Mars, its basalt may be no stronger than Earth basalt, and maximum size of its lavatubes may be roughly 150 meters (back of envelope calculation).

Lava Tubes

2007-06-04T18:41:31Z

Bryce: prettification.

Lavatubes are good candidates for habitats on the [[Moon]] because they are ready made structures with dozens of meters of solid [[basalt]] [[shielding]]. In addition to [[radiation shielding]], these environments are also thermally stable (estimated temperature -20° Celsius / -4° Fahrenheit). Lightweight, compact inflatables can be used at first to provide habitable space. Eventually, It should be possible to seal cracks in the lavatube walls to provide an airtight, shirt-sleeve environment. Some lunar lavatubes may be large enough to contain small cities. Living in a lavatube provides many advantages.

==Benefits==
* There is substantual shielding due to having several meters of solid basalt between you and the outside. This is good against [[micrometerorites]] and radiation.
* There is heat insulation because you are underground.


==Size==
A 1969 paper by Oberbeck, Quaide, and Greeley, taking into account only the Moon's lighter [[gravity]], and not the stronger nature of lunar [[anhydrous]] glass, calculated lunar lavatubes could reach 340 meters in span (lengths could go to kilometers). There are some indications in Coombs and Hawke's work (see "Locations" below) that some lavatubes may be much larger.

References:

Size of lavatubes:
Oberbeck, V.R., W.L. Quaide and R.G. Greeley, "On the Origin of Lunar Sinuous Rilles", '''''Modern Geology''''', v. 1, p. 75, 1969.

Strength of anhydrous lunar glass (significant component of basalt):
Blacic, J.D., "Mechanical Properties of Lunar Materials Under Anhydrous, Hard Vacuum Conditions: Applications of Lunar Glass Structural Components", in '''''Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century''''', W.W. Mendell, ed., Houston, [[Lunar and Planetary Institute]], p. 487, 1985.

==Locations==
For her doctoral thesis under advisor B. Ray Hawke at the University of Hawaii, Cassandra Coombs scoured [[Lunar Orbiter]] photographs to identify a number of likely sites for lunar lavatubes. Due to the limiting resolution of the images, only the largest candidates could be identified. It is likely there are many smaller lavatubes in the identified areas and elsewhere. Smaller, but still large by human scale.

Reference:

Coombs, C.R., and B.R. Hawke, "A Search for Intact Lava Tubes on the Moon: Possible Lunar Base Habitats", in '''''The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century''''', W.W. Mendell, ed., NASA CP-3166, v. 1, p. 219, 1992

==Shielding==
An analysis of lavatube shielding from Solar [[Proton]] Events, Galactic [[Cosmic Rays]], etc., has been done by De Angelis ''et al''. When it comes to shielding, a little may be worse than nothing, because primary particles can interact with shielding material to produce a spray of secondary particles. Additional shielding is necessary to protect against these daughter particles. Findings by De Angelis ''et al.'' are that one meter of shielding is sufficient against [[Solar Proton Events]], but powerful [[Galactic Cosmic Rays]] need roughly six meters for effective shielding. Their analysis took into account the upper five meters is regolith. The findings were, "The radiation safety of lunar lava tubes environments has been demonstrated." [sic]

Reference:

Giovanni De Angelis, J.W. Wilson, M.S. Clowdsley, J.E. Nealy, D. Humes, and J. M. Clem: “Lunar Lava Tube Radiation Safety Analysis”. '''''Journal of Radiation Research''''', Vol. 43, S41-S45 (2002) [http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jrr/43/S/43_S41/_article/-char/en]

==Habitat==
As early as 1957, the prescient Robert A. Heinlein described people living and working in giant volcanic voids in the Moon (although they were large bubbles rather than lavatubes). In the 1976 second edition of '''''Depths of the Earth''''', speleologist William R. Halliday suggests large lavatube caves may exist on the Moon and Mars, and "mankind may look to these. . .caves for ultimate survival." NASA "experimental planetologist" Friedrich Hörz finally put it all together in his 1985 paper, "Lava Tubes: Potential Shelters for Habitats". Oregon L5 Society expanded on this work, holding analog exercises in lavatube caves with Young Astronauts and filling-in research topics such as "Lavatube Entrance Amelioration on the Moon and Mars" and "Moon Lighting: Illumination for Lunar Base Construction and Operations". Their multi-year effort to publicize and bring the lavatube option to the attention of NASA and space development enthusiasts in general has been effective.

References:

Heinlein, Robert A., "The Menace from Earth", in collection '''''The Menace From Earth''''', Signet, pp. 92-115, 1962 (orig. story copyright ©1957).

Halliday, William R., M.D., '''''Depths of the Earth''''', Revised and Enlarged Edition, Harper & Row, pp. 377-397, 1976.

[[Oregon L5 Society]] papers can be found at http://www.OregonL5.org/

[[Category:Urban Planning]]
[[Category:Selenology]]
[[Category:Settlement]]

Lavatube Access Settlement Sites

2007-06-04T16:45:44Z

Bryce: Add Mare Anguis, Lacus Veris, Rima Prinz, Vallis Schroteri, Rima Hadley, and Vallis Alpes, Coombs & Hawke (1992)

[[Artemis Base]] http://asi.org 
'''Mare Anguis''' or "Sea of Snakes" (72 E, 20 N), is an irregular, relatively large embayment off the NE quarter of the larger Mare Crisium ("Sea of Crises"). Chosen by The Artemis Society for its near-equatorial limb position (as seen from Earth), access to both mare and highland mineral regimes, and some probability of finding lavatube caverns. The specific part of Mare Anguis chosen by the Artemis Project Reference Mission [http://asi.org/adb/01/03/overview.html] has been named "Angus Bay", a name perceived as having better public relations impact than "Sea of Snakes"[http://asi.org/adb/04/01/01/03/01/angus-bay-name.html]. 
Mare Anguis Clementine Images [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=mare+anguis] 

'''Lacus Veris''' ("Lake of Spring", 85 W, 18 S), a valley nestled in the easterly ring mountains of '''Mare Orientale''', appears to have a large, long sinuous rille in Lunar Orbiter photographs. In addition, it appears the rille is located in mare-type basalt while the surrounding mountains appear to be highland-type anorthositic ancient crust, thereby giving access to different mineral regimes. It has been proposed as a base site by Oregon L5 Society Research Team, who have been studying lavatube base concepts since 1986, and by a NASA Reference Mission (the so-called "90-Day Study") in 1989 [http://www.astronautix.com/craft/luntpost.htm]. It is on the opposite limb of the Moon as Mare Anguis, as seen from Earth. 
Lacus Veris Clementine Images [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?album=29&pos=43] 

'''Rima Prinz''' ("Prinz Rille", 44 W, 26 N), possibly a drainage channel from lava-filled crater Prinz near Aristarchus, is one of several large rilles in its area. In 1989 Peter Kokh and colleagues with the Milwaukee Lunar Reclamation Society entered a National Space Society large settlement design contest with an entry called "Prinzton" built into the walls of Rima Prinz [http://www.lunar-reclamation.org/papers/rille_paper1.htm]. They received second prize for their highly original concept. 
Rima Prinz Images [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=prinz]

'''Vallis Schroteri''' ("Schroter Valley", 51 W, 26 N). also in the greater Aristarchus area, features a distinctive rille in the valley floor, caroming from side to side of the valley walls. A problem with using possible lavatubes within this rille is that they would be so deep and so far from the surrounding lunar surface. There would also be danger from landslides off of the steep valley walls. 
Vallis Schroteri Images [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=schroter]

'''Aristarchus''' (47 W, 24 N) Area Overview [http://www.stargazing.net/David/moon/obj_aristarchus2text.html] 

'''Rima Hadley''' ("Hadley Rille" 03 E, 25 N), described as a lava channel or collapsed lavatube, was the site of the Apollo XV expedition. While no lavatube was found in the landing area, there may be some farther "downstream" where the channel narrows. Hadley Rille enabled us to see "under the surface" to see evidence of repeated floods or layers of lava in the rille walls. While the astronauts felt their Lunar Roving Vehicle could have negotiated the space-weathered walls of the rille to explore its bottom, Mission Control nixed the idea as having too high a risk-to-reward ratio (it was the first expedition using the Lunar Rover). 
Rima Hadley Images [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=hadley]

'''Vallis Alpes''' ("Alpine Valley", 03 E, 49 N), apparently a long, straight graben or down-dropped block, is partly filled with lava and has a long sinuous rille running along its length. If a suitable lavatube can be found here, the location of the valley between two large mare basins may offer a wide variety of luner minerals to mine. 
Vallis Alpes Images [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=alpine]

SEE ALSO a list of prime lavatube site candidates compiled by Cassandra Coombs of the University of Hawaii with Dr. B. Ray Hawke: "A Search for Intact Lava Tubes on the Moon: Possible Lunar Base Habitats" (1992)(PDF) [http://nss.org/settlement/moon/library/LB2-208-LavaTubes.pdf] 

[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Business]]
[[Category:Settlement]]

Oregon L5

2007-03-09T10:55:57Z

Bryce:

The '''Oregon L5 Society''' is a chapter of the [[National Space Society]] based out of Portland, Oregon. Its current (2007) officers are President [[Allen G. Taylor]], Treasurer [[Bryce Walden]], Secretary [[Cheryl Lynn York]], and Research Team Chair and Legal Action Working Group Chair [[Thomas L. Billings]].

{{Stub}}

==External Link==
*http://www.oregonl5.org/

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:NSS Chapters]]

Oregon L5

2007-03-09T06:31:58Z

Bryce: Corrected officer names and order, added titles.

The '''Oregon L5 Society''' is a chapter of the [[National Space Society]] based out of Portland, Oregon. Its current officers are President [[Allen G. Taylor]], Treasurer [[Bryce Walden]], Secretary [[Cheryl Lynn York]], and Research Team Chair and Legal Action Working Group Chair [[Thomas L. Billings]].

{{Stub}}

==External Link==
*http://www.oregonl5.org/

[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:NSS Chapters]]

Lava Tubes

2006-11-10T11:13:29Z

Bryce: Changes to original text; addition of subcategories and references

Lavatubes are good candidates for habitats on the Moon because they are ready made structures with dozens of meters of solid basalt shielding. In addition to radiation shielding, these environments are also thermally stable (estimated temperature -20° Celsius / -4° Fahrenheit). Lightweight, compact inflatables can be used at first to provide habitable space. Eventually, It should be possible to seal cracks in the lavatube walls to provide an airtight, shirt-sleeve environment. Some lunar lavatubes may be large enough to contain small cities. Living in a lavatube provides many advantages.

==Benefits==
* There is substantual shielding due to having several meters of solid basalt between you and the outside. This is good against micrometerorites and radiation.
* There is heat insulation because you are underground.


==Size==
A 1969 paper by Oberbeck, Quaide, and Greeley, taking into account only the Moon's lighter gravity, and not the stronger nature of lunar anhydrous glass, calculated lunar lavatubes could reach 340 meters in span (lengths could go to kilometers). There are some indications in Coombs and Hawke's work (see "Locations" below) that some lavatubes may be much larger.

References:

Size of lavatubes:
Oberbeck, V.R., W.L. Quaide and R.G. Greeley, "On the Origin of Lunar Sinuous Rilles", _Modern Geology, v. 1, p. 75, 1969.

Strength of anhydrous lunar glass (significant component of basalt):
Blacic, J.D., "Mechanical Properties of Lunar Materials Under Anhydrous, Hard Vacuum Conditions: Applications of Lunar Glass Structural Components", in _Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century_, W.W. Mendell, Ed., Houston, Lunar and Planetary Institute, p. 487, 1985.

==Locations==
For her doctoral thesis under advisor B. Ray Hawke at the University of Hawaii, Cassandra Coombs scoured Lunar Orbiter photographs to identify a number of likely sites for lunar lavatubes. Due to the limiting resolution of the images, only the largest candidates could be identified. It is likely there are many smaller lavatubes in the identified areas and elsewhere. Smaller, but still large by human scale.

Reference:

Coombs, C.R., and B.R. Hawke, "A Search for Intact Lava Tubes on the Moon: Possible Lunar Base Habitats", in _The Second Conference on Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st Century_, W.W. Mendell, Ed., NASA CP-3166, v. 1, p. 219, 1992

==Shielding==
An analysis of lavatube shielding from Solar Proton Events, Galactic Cosmic Rays, etc., has been done by De Angelis et al. When it comes to shielding, a little may be worse than nothing, because primary particles can interact with shielding material to produce a spray of secondary particles. Additional shielding is necessary to protect against these daughter particles. Findings by De Angelis et al. are that one meter of shielding is sufficient against Solar Proton Events, but powerful Galactic Cosmic Rays need roughly six meters for effective shielding. The analysis took into account the upper five meters is regolith. The findings were, "The radiation safety of lunar lava tubes environments has been demonstrated."

Reference:

Giovanni De Angelis, J.W. Wilson, M.S. Clowdsley, J.E. Nealy, D. Humes, and J. M. Clem: “Lunar Lava Tube Radiation Safety Analysis”. Journal of Radiation Research, Vol. 43, S41-S45 (2002), online at: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jrr/43/S/43_S41/_article/-char/en

==Habitat==
As early as 1957, the prescient Robert A. Heinlein described people living and working in giant volcanic voids in the Moon (although they were large bubbles rather than lavatubes). In the 1976 second edition of _Depths of the Earth_, speleologist William R. Halliday suggests large lavatube caves may exist on the Moon and Mars, and "mankind may look to these. . .caves for ultimate survival." NASA "experimental planetologist" Friedrich Hörz finally put it all together in his 1985 paper, "Lava Tubes: Potential Shelters for Habitats". Oregon L5 Society expanded on this work, holding analog exercises in lavatube caves with Young Astronauts and filling-in research topics such as "Lavatube Entrance Amelioration on the Moon and Mars" and "Moon Lighting: Illumination for Lunar Base Construction and Operations". Their multi-year effort to publicize and bring the lavatube option to the attention of NASA and space development enthusiasts in general has been effective.

References:

Heinlein, Robert A., "The Menace from Earth", in collection _The Menace From Earth_, Signet, pp. 92-115, 1962 (orig. story copyright 1957).

Halliday, William R., M.D., _Depths of the Earth_, Revised and Enlarged Edition, Harper & Row, pp. 377-397, 1976.

Oregon L5 Society papers can be found at http://www.OregonL5.org/

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Lunarpedia talk:Autostub1 test 1

2006-11-10T06:51:55Z

Bryce:

==Erratum==
* Category tag for 'Location' should have been 'Locations'

-- [[User:Strangelv|Strangelv]] 18:27, 4 November 2006 (PST)

==Problems==

* How to tie the satellite crater articles to the main crater articles when the USGS database doesn't link them?

* What is the area of each sector in km**2?

* How might the script determine if a given feature is in a given sector? If we treat each item as a perfect circle, how do we determine which sectors include portions of that circle?

* Can we automatically do maps for features near the poles?

-- [[User:Strangelv|Strangelv]] 18:13, 4 November 2006 (PST)

==To Do==
* Sector areas
* Match sectors and features (not just centers)
* Match sattelite craters with their central craters
* Border case handling for when feature center is on the boundary of two or four sectors
* Automatically load and parse tab delimited CSV
* Automatically output articles in XML for bulk import
* Automatically generate map files for suitably large features
* Automatically generate sector articles and maps

-- [[User:Strangelv|Strangelv]] 18:13, 4 November 2006 (PST)

==Bonus Points==
* Is there a public domain database of rille?
* Are there other public domain databases of use that we might be able to merge into this to add details to sectors and features (such as surface samples)?

-- [[User:Strangelv|Strangelv]] 18:13, 4 November 2006 (PST)

==Source Code==
Warning: this was getting mauled in a few places. I've tinkered with the formatting to make it work.

And yes, the code is really rough in a few places (like where reinventing the wheel is faster than rembering where the wheel is). The language is Python. 2.4 and later should work; earlier may require replacing my '//' division with integer coersion.

#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#
# #
# Feature Autostub Generator #
# #
# Licence pending #
# #
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#

def dostub(thisentry):
"""Create stub article from database
"""
#
# Set up variables to generate article stub
#
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%%#%#%#%#%#
#
name = thisentry[2] # name of feature
mapname = makemapname(name, None) # filename for this feature's
# automatically generated
# map from Clementine data
Lat = float(thisentry[3]) # USGS latitude
lat = do_lat(Lat) # string with proper latitude
me_long = poslong(thisentry[4]) # longitude (Mean Earth)
mo_long = me2mo(me_long) # longitude (Mare Orientale)
me_coord = coordstr(me_long, lat) # Mean Earth coordinate string
mo_coord = coordstr(mo_long, lat) # Mare Orientale coordinate string
origin = thisentry[24] # 'Origin' column in database
# warning: this seems to
# be almost anything
featuretype = thisentry[23] # Is this a mare, a crater, other?
dia = thisentry[10] # feature diameter, if applicable
approvalStat = thisentry[18] # year approval information
approvalYear = thisentry[19] # year of approval (if approved)
reference = thisentry[21] # 'reference' column in database
inSector = isinsector(mo_long, Lat) # what sector is this feature
# centered in?
sectors = sectorlist(mo_long, lat, dia)
# -----what sectors include it?
typecat = dotypecat(featuretype) # simplified category type
domap(mapname, mo_long, lat, dia) # create the map
localeDescr = descrlocale(mo_long, Lat, typecat)
# -----text description of location
approvalStr = doapproval(approvalStat, approvalYear)
# -----text description of approval,
# if approved.
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%#%%#%#%#%#%#
#
# start generating the article here:
#
to_out = []
to_out += ["{{Circular Feature "]
to_out += ["name = "+name]
to_out += ["featuretype = "+typecat]
to_out += ["origin = "+origin]
to_out += ["map = [[Image:"+mapname+"|240px]]"]
to_out += ["mo_coord = "+mo_coord]
to_out += ["me_coord = "+me_coord]
to_out += ["dia = "+dia]
to_out += ["approval = "+approvalStr]

# Tidily install pipes for the table
to_out = tidypipes(to_out)

to_out += ["}}"]
to_out += ["'''"+name+"''' "+localeDescr]
to_out += ["<BR/><BR/>\n\n"]
# if inSector !="AAAAAAAAA!":
to_out += ["The center of "+name+" is in sector [[Sector_"+inSector+"]]"]
# else:
# inSectors = something()
to_out += ["<BR/><BR/>\n\n"]
to_out += ["==See Also=="]

for q in sectors:
to_out += ["[["+q+"]]"]

to_out += ["<BR/><BR/>\n\n"]
to_out += ["==References=="]
to_out += [refbreak(reference)]
to_out += ["{{Autostub}}"]
to_out += ["[[Category:Location]]"]
to_out += ["[[Category:"+typecat+"]]"]
to_out += [""]

return to_out

# def main():
# # load database
# didxml = templatetop()
# for q in database: didxml += dostub(q) + templatemid(); print ".",
# didxml += templatefin()
# # save didxml

def makemapname(name, other):
"""
"""
name2=""
for q in name:
if q == " ": name2 += "_"
else: name2 += q
if other: name2 += "_"+other
name2 += ".png"
return name2

def poslong(long_):
"""convert string of possibly noncompliant Mean Earth longitude into float or fixed of compliant Mean Earth longitude
"""
long_ = float(long_)
if long_ < 0 : long_ += 360
return long_

def me2mo(me_long):
"""
"""
mo_long=float(me_long)-267.2
if mo_long <0: mo_long += 360.0
#print "me_long == "+str(me_long)
return mo_long

def coordstr(long_,lat):
""" temporary implementation
"""
return str(lat)+" "+str(long_)

def descrlocale(long_, lat, what):
"""quickie hack
"""
if lat > 5: vert = "a northern"
elif lat < 5: vert = "a southern"
else: vert = "an equatorial"

if long_ <= 165 and long_ >= 15: side = "near side"
elif long_ <= 195 and long_ >= 345: side = "far side"
elif long_ >= 165 and long_ <= 195: side = "east edge"
else: side = "west edge"

return "is "+vert+" "+what+" on the "+side+" of Luna."

def isinsector(long_,lat):
"""can we determinewhat sector you're in?
"""
# special case handling?
def AAAAAAAAA():
# border case handling
return "AAAAAAAAA!"
# find latitude part or bust
if lat == 0.0: LT="E" # this is equatorial
else:
if lat > 0: LTH = "N"
else:
lat = -lat
LTH = "S"
if ((lat+7.5)//15) == ((lat+7.5)/15.0): return AAAAAAAAA()
LT = str(int(((lat+7.5)//15)*15)) + LTH
if LT == "90": return LTH # this is a polar sector
# find longitude part or bust
if long_ < 7.5 or long_ > 352.5: LG = "000" # prime meridian sector
else:
if ((long_+7.5)//15) == ((long_+7.5)/15.0): return AAAAAAAAA()
LG = str(int(((long_+7.5)//15)*15))
if len(LG)<3: LG = "0"+LG
# return the result!
return LT+LG

def dotypecat(stringie):
"""
"""
if stringie == "Rima, rimae": return "rima"
# Most definitely need to list the complete set
return stringie

def sectorlist(long_,lat,dia):
"""
"""
return ["sectorlist() not implemented"]

def domap(mapname,long_,lat,dia):
"""
"""
return "domap() not implemented"

def doapproval(approvalStat, approvalYear):
"""temporary hack; needs to acconut for unapproved
"""
return approvalStat+" in "+approvalYear

def tidypipes(table):
"""takes a list oy strings, finds the longest one, and tidily adds pipes to the right of each line.

maxlen: maximum length
table: input list of strings
table2: output list of strings
"""
maxlen = 0
for q in table:
if len(q)>maxlen: maxlen = len(q)
table2 = []
for q in table:
qq = q
while (len(qq)<maxlen):
qq += " "
table2 += [qq+" |"]
return table2

def do_lat(lat):
"""returns string for latitude
"""
if lat > 0: return str(lat)+"N"
if lat == 0: return "E"
return str(-lat)+"S"

def replacer(stringie, old, new):
"""
"""
name2=""
for q in stringie:
if q == old: name2 += new
else: name2 += q
return name2

def refbreak(ref):
"""
"""
return replacer(ref,";",";<BR/>")

##def ():
## """
## """
## return "() not implemented"
##
##def ():
## """
## """
## return "() not implemented"

#Item = ["Earth","Moon","Rima Diophantus","29.0","-33.0"," "," "," "," ","east","150.0","EU","Europe","GR","Greek","LTO39B2","LTO-39B2","5","Adopted by IAU","1985","0","null","RI","Rima, rimae","Named from nearby crater."]
Item = ["Earth","Moon","Rima Cardanus","11.4","-71.5"," "," "," "," ","east","175.0","EU","Europe","IT","Italy","LOC-1","LOC-1","5","Adopted by IAU","1964","67","The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV; by D. W. G. Arthur and others; Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963; vol. 3, no. 40, 1964; vol. 3, no. 50, 1965; vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.","RI","Rima, rimae","Named from nearby crater."]

What=dostub(Item)
for q in What: print q

Lunarpedia:About

2006-10-06T08:09:06Z

Bryce: "It's about how we will do EVERYTHING on the Moon." --Peter Kokh

A wiki for planning to get back to the Moon.

"It's not only about Reference Mission Options but about how we will do EVERYTHING on the Moon.

"That covers metallurgy, materials science, mining and processing, development of settler enterprise business plans, exports, biospherics, agriculture, horticulture, possibly livestock, food processing, substitutions for paper, plastics, wood and other organics, art media and tools, health, sports, dance, spelunking or lavatube exploration, surface recreation, creation of export markets elsewhere in space, you name it.

"It covers everything life will involve for the pioneers. But with a lunar difference. That's a lot.

'We need an encyclopedia of new ideas of how to do the Moon from A to Z, and we don't need to limit it to entrepreneurs who may only be interested in A-C. On the other hand, the MoonWiki may reach those entrepreneurs interested in D-Z."

-- Peter Kokh, email, 2006 September 29