Talk:Doing Without Space Suits

"The Colonization of Space"

Gerard K. O'Neil estimated the population that could live in the solar system using the asteroid belt for resources. :Considering the time he made this estimate that is on the order of 50 trillion people

To realize recycling of rocket exhaust of launches from the moon, the work must be done nearly exclusively by remotely controlled devices for a few years. An astronaut appearing on the scene might serve to produce some good publicity but remotely controlled machines will do the work. It is simply a matter of men being too expensive to support on the moon at least until a considerable amount of human support infrastructure is in place. There should be insulated thermal shelters so remotely controlled devices will not great thermal challenges every month. There should be awnings stretched from East to West to make handy shaded spots. There should be electronic landing aids to guide supply vehicles consistently to accurately located landings. There should be tanks of liquid oxygen available early on with vehicles to bring liquid oxygen to reusable landers that can be practical once locally produced liquid oxygen is available on the moon.