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*Lunar-produced nuclear fuels (the thorium 232 > uranium 233 cycle), essential to the opening of Mars to settlement | *Lunar-produced nuclear fuels (the thorium 232 > uranium 233 cycle), essential to the opening of Mars to settlement | ||
*other | *other | ||
| − | ===Raw materials to | + | ===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 | ||
| + | *trained personnel | ||
===Technology licenses=== | ===Technology licenses=== | ||
*Biospheric technologies | *Biospheric technologies | ||
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*Dance, sport, music, etc. | *Dance, sport, music, etc. | ||
===Other "zero-mass" products=== | ===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=== | ===Energy exports=== | ||
*Lunar fuels | *Lunar fuels | ||
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:other | :other | ||
:Lunar processed nuclear fuels (thorium 232 > uranium 233) | :Lunar processed nuclear fuels (thorium 232 > uranium 233) | ||
| − | * | + | *Direct Power (i.e. via laser or microwave transmission) |
| + | *Solar Cell arrays | ||
*[[helium3|Helium-3]] | *[[helium3|Helium-3]] | ||
| − | *Building materials for | + | *Building materials for [[Solar Power Satellites]] |
*other | *other | ||
Revision as of 06:23, 20 July 2007
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Contents
PRELUDE
WHERE TO
THE RETURN
BREAKOUT AGENDA
SETTLEMENT GROWTH
TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE
Exports & Market Development
Specific markets
- Low Earth Orbit industrial parks
- Low Earth Orbit tourist facilities
- Mars, Phobos, Deimos
- made-on-Luna heavy equipment
- Nuclear fuels (lunar thorium 232 > uranium 233)
- Seasoned pioneers
- Technology expertise
- Asteroids
- 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
- trained personnel
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
- Helium-3
- Building materials for Solar Power Satellites
- other
