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...ive out the water. Then the heating is increased to cause partial melting or vitrification which results in the edges of adjacent grains being bonded to ...EIC049.HTML demonstrated] by NASA, but this method may not be as effective or may require more time in the reduced gravity of the moon. More will be kno

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...''' ([[Iron|Fe]][[Titanium|Ti]]O<SUB>3</SUB>, also known as Iron titanate, or [[iron]] [[titanium]] oxide) is a naturally occurring titanium and iron ore ...e photovoltaic cells may have a greater conversion efficiency than silicon or gallium arsenide in unfiltered solar radiation. Also, they should withstan

...have either Fe⁺²Fe⁺²(Si,Al)₂O₆ or Fe⁺²Y(Si,Al)₂O₆, with Y being some other m ...s on Luna. This means that iron minerals that are common on Earth are rare or nonexistent on Luna. The reverse is also true.

* The support, by funding or otherwise, of scholarships, libraries, museums and other means of encouragi

...ring eclipses of the Moon by Earth. Some Polar high spots are high enough or nearly so to be constantly in the sunlight.^[1]

...me face towards its orbital center. The cause of tidal lock is tidal drag or tidal acceleration, which is a force created in an object spinning at a dif

...be sufficiently strong/flexible to withstand the shaking without buckling or leaking atmosphere.

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...>. The period is then equal to the circumference divided by the velocity, or For hohmann transfer up or down between circular orbits, the delta v (change in velocity) needed to pa

...tic Compatibility]</ref> Design to reduce the amount of [[RF leakage]] and/or reduce the amount of coupling to the electronic "victim". EMI can be a prob ...re attractive, because thermal losses become more of a concern, and copper or gold wires imported from Earth need to be as thin and light as possible.

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...ocess could be separated out by [[Carbonyl process| carbonyl extraction]], or by grinding the result again and using a magnet. The [[rutile|titanium diox ...be controlled via the amount of rutile and carbon used<ref>http://www.mtec.or.th/th/seminar/msativ/pdf/CP12.pdf</ref>. While this method provides a mean

...s to Earth orbit) and with the [[Saturn V]] booster (for missions to orbit or land on the moon). The Apollo project comprised 14 launches, plus an addit

...r environment, whether for building spacecraft, lunar habitats, machinery, or industrial processing equipment. It is expected that titanium production wi

TiO₂ , or ''titania''. is one of the products of the [[Ilmenite Reduction|hydrogen re

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...n story or computer game, reviewing key historic and scientific locations, or scouting a destination for a mission you would like to lead.

''LEPAG'', or the ''Lunar Exploration Program Working Group,'' is an ad-hoc organization

...les) surface through a process sometimes referred to as "impact gardening" or "space weathering." It is estimated that the regolith varies in thickness ...rchangeably. The dusty, abrasive portion is referred to as [[Lunar Dust]] or "Fines."

...location. The phrase is from the Latin ''in situ'', meaning "at the site", or "in place." ISRU can be categorized into production of materials useful at

'''In-Situ Propellant Production''', or ''ISPP'', refers to manufacture of rocket fuel from local resources, a subs ...the substances used in the manufacture of terrestrial propellants are rare or nonexistent in the lunar environment. Hence, this issue has produced a numb

...t. If remedies are found to allow a rover to be fully functional for four or more months, it will have been learned that not only are such remedies effe

...mple of reduction is that of reducing ore (in the form of a metallic oxide or sulfide) to metal. Chemically, reduction reactions are always paired with

...on at one end. Connected to this is a long tent like hall running in more or less a straight line for up to 100 meters. The hall is covered with 2.5 me One end or the other usually has an airlock assembly with a ramp leading down to the d

...cellent corrosion resistance and durability. Measured either in quantity or value, aluminum's use exceeds that of any other metal except iron, and it i ...lle process. Alternatives include ion-sputtering, carbothermal reduction, or an adaptation of the [[FFC Cambridge Process]].

...sparent solid which may be found in crystalline or amorphous form. Silica or silicate is the primary constituent of [[glass]]. While a form of glass ca ...constitutes more than 25% of the Earth's crust. Silica (SiO2) as quartz or quartzite is used to produce silicon ferroalloys and silicon metal. Deman

...soybeans and other legumes, recover nitrogen directly from the atmosphere or from the soil in a process know as "fixation," whereby the plant incorporat

...le by entering the name “Google moon”. (“moon” alone will not work well.) Or your can enter the address directly. It is: http://www.google.com/moon/ Select zoom level 4. The seas or mares are clearly visible as are the rayed craters. Now click the elevatio

...'' will be important as industrial sites become active and colonies become or begin to work towards independence. Whether it is a nation, a group of nations, or commercial interests that finance a lunar colony; the source of the money w

...pure Chromium, or could be used directly for production of stainless steel or other iron alloys.

...ity that produces dark glass; glass containing iron will be yellow, brown, or black depending on the iron content. (For example, obsidian, a naturally-fo [[Silicon | Silica]] or [[silicate]] is the primary constituent of glass, which is abundant on the

...process chemistry does not require finding any particular mineral source, or beneficiation of the soil to enhance the content of a particular mineral.

The official process may be constrained by political or bureaucratic limitations and therefore unable to address some of the hard q

[[Water Conserving Manufacturing Processes]] that need little or no water or which recycle them<BR/>

...ite flowers. I use it fresh in salads, as a garnish in a glass of sambvca or tea, and When finely diced it is an excellent addition to steamed and butte ...erbed veloute (stock or fumet based white sauce) which is served over fish or poultry.

...the bottom of the blimp serving to anchor the blimp and allowing the pilot or pilot and copilot could enter. The blimp door and access area door would b

**12.33 year half life. Undergoes Beta Decay to become [[Helium 3]]([[He3]] or [[He3|³He]]) ...for any volatiles that happen to pass into them, whether from comet impact or ongoing creation via the solar wind. As a result, they contain significant

...rough or paved surface in a vehicle or to mix your material with a liquid or gas and send it through a pipe. ...mping the track. All materials would be securely fastened with either lids or binding clamps.

...y very near the horizon. Occasionally, it may be blocked by mountain tops or local installations such as other power collectors. During the dark local ...or or dynamo. Two popular cycles for Solar Dynamic are [[Brayton Cycle]] or [[Stirling Cycle]]. Solar Dynamic systems employ a large reflector to f

cryst=Hexagonal or<BR/>body centered cubic... ...on 2007-03-04]</ref>, however the reactor has not achieved energy balance or "break even". So far, ²H-³He fusion has not yet demo

...get ever colder. [[Venus]] was imagined to be a hot, steamy jungle planet, or perhaps a planet covered completely with a hot global ocean. His keen inter ...’s rocks: it literally means (in Greek and German, respectively) Rock Cook or Rock Chef!

...recruited into the Libertarian Party by the late Ron Crickenburger in 1989 or 1990 while at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

...daytime temperatures get higher than the melting point of sodium, an iron or aluminum pipe filled with sodium would make a good electrical conductor.

...comes from radioactive decay of Potassium-40 deep within the lunar mantle or core, and that the Argon-40 seeps out to the surface via fissures. This [

...e with oxygen, any use in this manner would be limited to the lunar vacuum or areas containing an inert atmosphere.

...on. As it is one of the main industrial metal, it will either be imported or replaced by [[aluminum]]. Replacement of copper by aluminum on Earth has b

...tope (²⁰⁹Bi) has a half-life of about 1.9*10¹⁹ years or ten-thousand-million-billion years. That is a time so long that only a sma

...]]. Deep penetrating impact basins away from this region show only modest or no KREEP concentrations in their ejecta and rims. ...icked up in the ejecta or "splash out" produced in impacts taking place on or in close proximity to [[basalt|basaltic]] lava flows, as well as in major i

...ning serious revenue to begin defraying the costs. Eventually, 100 miners or more would be desirable to begin turning a healthy profit. As with most th

...injury. An [[accident]] is an example of a mishap, so are [[infection]]s, or chronic exposure to toxic agents. | [[High]] || [[High]]|| Unacceptable or emergency situation needing immediate attention ||

...o be insulating [[conduits]]. Such conduits could be made from ceramics, or [[silicon polymers]]. There is unlimited [[Silicon|silicon]] on the Moon. ...s, or [[sleeving]] material, then via a process such as [[heat-shrinking]] or [[extrusion]], attach the Earth-made insulation to lunar-made wires.

...s, or [[sleeving]] material, then via a process such as [[heat-shrinking]] or [[extrusion]], attach the Earth-made insulation to lunar-made wires.

...raining. Others will go to the Moon with specific intentions, like mining or settlement. They may be called "Mooners" or "Luners".

A fluid (liquid or gas) is circulated through serpentine plumbing in metal panels which face t ...o maintain the temperature of electronic equipment. These may need shades or louvers.

*Many may be cranes or other construction equipment *Some robots are stationed at (or are built into) the air lock doors

...t is ingested into the human body, the particles will lay directly on lung or intestine tissue and are carcinogenic. Ingestion of the dust must therefor ...ire high KREEP region is not acceptable for any long-term human settlement or manned mining operation.

We are looking for technologies that are currently available or can be developed with a reasonable effort for the first generation of lunar ...nit is too unwieldy to be practical, the output can be reduced so that two or three units are needed for this output.

..., or lunar settlement, is a proposed establishment of human settlements in or on the Moon's surface. Habitation of lunar land could potentially benefit ...d also allow emergency supplies to quickly reach a Moon colony from Earth, or allow a human crew to evacuate relatively quickly from the Moon to Earth in

...istance, making each grain fall at the same rate regardless of its density or size. ...charged material is then separated using a charged plate, either as a drum or in a gravitationally assisted separation chamber, as is done in magnetic be

...inverting the equation gives the maximum day-time high on the Moon: 394 K or about 120 degrees C. ...er you are at the equator during lunar morning or evening, near the poles, or looking at a rock face sharply angled to the horizontal, the surface temper

...or not the final NMR imaging will be worth the extra cost of the helium-3 or if it will make it too expensive to be competitive with a regular MRI. Wit

* Reject, handle, or avoid large rocks and craters * Be controlled from Earth, Moon, or by itself

* Customize the station or buy it customized

...and astronauts does not hit the inflatable walls. There can be a ramp and/or ladder up to the airlock, which is on the rotational axis. Doing some of the experiments while sitting down or lying down (eg. the daily 8 hours of sleep) could reduce this effect and ma

* Is the 7 passenger Dragon spacecraft big enough to ship up a 2 or 3 person crew plus several months worth of supplies?

...ge. A rotating space station needs to be of a sufficiently large diameter or consist of components mounted in a "dumbbell" arrangement.

If you tour any construction site or factory on Earth you will see a number of basic industrial mechanisms that ...probably hold the fine dust. The seals must push this mix out of the way or withstand this extremely abrasive paste for a very long time. A blow out o

The habitat core also kneels, or lowers itself on its struts. This places its bottom as close to the ground ...l Mechanisms]]). We must assume that we have a good product at this point or the project would simply not get this far.

...siness Plans List]] and think of a name for the idea; something short, one or two words that are easy to guess and easy to remember. This will serve as ...for the first line and the second line: “Near-Term Business Plan Summary” or a reference to another scenario.

...tions, primarily language. A meme can exist in a society for a short time or for an amazingly long time. ...e the problems. For example, the idea that Earth is our only proper home, or the idea that space exploration is an expensive waste. These types of cult

...to harvest from the moon than other [[NEO]]s. KREEP may prove profitable, or it may simply be used for cost reduction (not having to pay shipping from o ...then added to the mix that either move the desired materials into solution or cause them to form a froth of bubbles on top of the solution.

...rhaps we are looking for those few people. Or maybe they just got lucky. Or maybe their vision let a new idea come into being. Sometimes years of study or experience allow someone to realize certain things are reasonably predictab

...term stable lunar orbit, either you have to maintain considerable altitude or you have to choose from a limited number of low orbits that happen to balan ...t for additional mass delivered. The transit time may be a few extra days or even weeks longer than manned flights. If an ion drive transfer rocket is

...le bases on the Moon will either use [[Solar Power]] or [[Nuclear Power]] (or both). ...to both mechanical and electrical power through the use of a steam turbine or Stirling cycle engine.

...comes from radioactive decay of [[Potassium]] deep within the lunar mantle or core, and that the Argon-40 seeps out to the surface via fissures. This ven ...osals include smaller vehicle processing or the use of collection vehicles or other means for bringing regolith to a stationary processing facility.

** Automatic SOS signal in case of loss of consciousness or heart attack * Vocal or hand signal computer interface, as most keyboards are gone

* [http://www.treitel.org/Richard/rass/stalk05.html Would a beanstalk (or "skyhook") be possible on the moon?] ...in the [[CyberTeams]] MOO Server. MOO stands for "MUD (Multi-User Domain, or Multi-User Dungeon) Object Oriented." The CyberTeams MOO Server is based on

...velengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz (0.3 GHz) and 300 GHz.

...s'', 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 co ...pector's neutron radiation data. Lunar Prospector observed the background or cosmic neutron radiation and the neutron radiation from the moon as it orbi

...or Lunar development is the pressure inside your [[Space suit|space suit]] or habitat. Here is a listing of the relative pressures of other environments |Leadville Colorado, 10196 ft, or 3107 meters

...es very apparent with bodies of larger mass, such as a moon, planet, star, or galaxy. According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, it is a conse ...less noticeable is the pull smaller objects, such as gas, people, animals, or satellites have on the Earth. This is because the Earth's mass is significa

The purpose of these controversial questions is not to come to final answers or even to reach consensus. It is simply to explore the breadth of opinion in

...out past the edge of civilization without a good idea of the dangers there or even how to make a living. We will send people knowledgeable and prepared.

...tration of 1/2% this would yield about a kilogram of iron per square meter or 1,000 tons per km2. This is a very high yield of usable material close to a ...th into a suitable liquid, then allowing the rocky dust (mostly [[Basalt]] or similar) to float and the iron particles to sink.

...he Moon which are exposed to the extreme day/night temperature variations, or equipment which operates over a wide temperature range." -permanent.com <re ...s an electrical conductor on Earth. On Luna in a vacuum, inert atmosphere or reducing atmosphere it could serve as an electrical conductor.

...believe they were afraid that they would be blamed if anything was broken or went missing. I am certain they did not understand what we were doing. ...by to have a talk. After some polite conversation he would ask a question or offer to sell us some local produce.

...dred tons of mass. Smaller objects are considered [[Meteorite|Meteorites]] or [[Comet Debris]]. ...evelopment the main questions boil down to these two: 1)What chance do you or your base stand of getting hit by one? 2)Are the asteroids a better source

...nergy and move down slope. It settles into a valley and then can osculate or even execute a random walk around the floor of the valley. It does not mat ...is that we must investigate every conceivable incident no mater how small, or that we should '''not''' name our spacecraft with any word that starts with

...twice atmospheric pressure under the same conditions normally. A [[steel]] or [[titanium]] structure could be made sufficiently strong to withstand these

Having a right to religion, or to no religion, will help insure diversity in the lunar population. The min ...stly about free, bidirectional communication with Earth. If the government or the company can control that then they can spin problems any way they want.

The core solution to this problem has to be one or more sources of energy that can provide the world with a massive base level ...for the faint-of-heart! You can either see these challenges as disasters, or you can see them as opportunities. The winners will see them as opportuniti

...for the [[Phase II Settlement]] further inside the lava tubes, housing 200 or more people. ...ing the direct [[magma electrolysis|electrolysis]] of molten [[regolith]], or the indirect [[electrolysis]] of water derived from [[Ilmenite Reduction|hy

...it. Additionally only one pivot connection needs to be made for electrical or plumbing connections which cuts down on maintenance costs. This design is w ...ic piston in accordion fold type sleeve that holds a pound per square inch or so of gas pressure around the hydraulic piston so the lubricant does not ev

...all. It will need to be imported for air for colonists to breathe. Argon or helium can be substituted for nitrogen, but they may be more expensive than

...anometers, or approximately one tenth of the diameter of a droplet of mist or fog. ...e sharp points and edges. These grains have never been weathered by water or rolled by wind which would remove sharp edges.

**Early or Late July -- the Lunar conference where the [[Moon Society]] was formally o

...factors including technical, price, and schedule. The agency may make one or more awards per task order." <ref name="SPD1" />.

...eant the President was not interested in our plans following the moon shot or our rocket team’s future.

...vances in mathematics and science like the works of Pythagoras and Newton, or Quantum Mechanics and the Theory of Relativity.

...block all progress. All the other problems then become nothing but smoke or red herrings. Spotting and solving Show Stoppers is one of the great skills The NASA-sponsored Return to the Moon could be terminated, scaled back, or otherwise changed in a way that would make it simply a colossal waste of mo

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...elp on this project, try writing a business plan for any of these concepts or one of your own. For tips on writing a business plan see [[Business Plan f ...|electromagnetic launching system]] that effectively gets the oxygen to L2 or circular orbit without using more than a minor amount of maneuvering fuel.

...her [[Volatiles]]. The settlement would be located at either of the poles or at the equator. The settlement would ideally be started immediately follow ..., facilities will be available for some form of recreation, be it exercise or what have you.

...it easier to go along with the program than to get rid of an inconvenient or unauthorized item by simply flushing it. Personnel will have access to a w ...form flow conditions. The biological treatment of waste can use a greater or a lesser flow, but transitions should be gradual and managed.<ref>[http://w

...on Terror. Either we find effective ways to address the terrorist problem or we will have to wait more decades to return to the Moon while current histo If our enemies use examples of trash from our culture, be it strip malls or porn stars, to condemn us, it is time to bring forward the very best our so

...utilizes resources in the most efficient manner, using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness. The 5 main concepts of economics are The economy of the individual or firms.

...utilizes resources in the most efficient manner, using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness. The 5 main concepts of economics are

We cannot repeat Apollo. We must develop commercial operations on the Moon or there is simply no reason to go back. ...requirements suggest a system of optical stations around the world. Four or five Earth stations should do and they can be easily integrated with existi

...ike as we cross over the top of this curve, as we drop down the back side, or as we reach a sustainable value. One likely course is that we will keep ou There is an abundance of deuterium, or hydrogen-2, in the ocean that could be used for fusion fuel. Its problem is

...tations and therefore unable to lay a solid foundation for its predictions or to address some of the hard questions that lie in our path. This paper has ...without thought the visions of people who are promoting one savior concept or technology. In the end, we need a view of the future that can serve as the

...subject, '''weapons''' -- manufactured or improvised; officially permitted or otherwise -- are a fact of life that will need to be addressed. ...pressurized hull with hard vacuum on the other side and potentially dozens or more people at risk of decompression from even an accidental discharge. Fur

...hed can be higher than the escape velocity of most planets for long tracks or high accelerations. **With an acceleration of 2g, or 20 km/s the time required is 2000/20 = 100 seconds

...sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harv Bees--whether you love them or hate them are an important insect, contributing an enormous amount to our f

...o the brick surface and is left to harden. An important point is that one or another process for lunar development will not work as imagined, but when t ...in titanium metallurgy, in which casting can be done in an argon, hydrogen or helium atmosphere. Argon would be preferred for lower thermal conductivity

...er must either be made to endure 354 hour days followed by 354 hour nights or be considered a [[Throwaway Rovers|disposable rover]]. If we can not build ...ould survive the day. The rover using such a radiator would best have six or more legs, so it could walk any direction without changing its heading.

...pachinko] pins. A large enough number of electrons through the dual slits or pachinko balls through the set of pins will be distributed statistically ac ...tron is bound to an atom, molecule or crystal, it is always in one orbital or another. The orbitals are more restricted in space than free electrons. T

...we can take to do this job that are far more effective than just guessing or looking into crystal ball. Here are the processes that were used to predic People can be motivated either to move away from pain or to move toward pleasure. The easiest thing to do is to first tell people a

...ability of lunar industry]] to attack if the United States, Russia, China, or the European Union decided they did not like the industry. There are inter

...before any humans arrive. (See [[First Base]], and try to imagine whether or not such a base will require a million tons of stuff.) Using remotely oper ...e habitats can be built from lunar materials. It may take a hundred years or more, but it will not get done if we limit ourselves to the things that can

...ally be shipped to Luna it is still less costly than the polar power tower or an entire power distribution grid. Start small and build up to the power d ...r would provide good thermal protection. A zipper might work for the door or a door panel might be fitted with hooks to hang from a ledge included in th

...ive decay of [[Potassium]] and/or [[Krypton]] deep within the lunar mantle or core([[Volatiles|read more]]) ...ive out the water. Then the heating is increased to cause partial melting or vitrification which results in the edges of adjacent grains being bonded to

...na]] or manufactured there, it might be located at 85 degrees either north or south latitude. It should be at the point that is furthest from Earth at t ...suggest, as was suggested for Larry Niven’s Ringworld, that a solid shell (or ring) around a star is dynamicly unstable. Larry Niven inserted station ke

...e loud speakers awoke everyone and announced that everyone having a Junior or Senior status were to assemble in formation on the parade ground in front. ...alk of Fame” to see the famous Stars. Who knows, I might see a movie star or two. I walked down to Hollywood and Vine Street, to say I had been at the

The plagioclase crystals are needle-shaped or blocky, as large as several hundred micrometers. Pyroxene and olivine cryst

...plan,if any engines fail to start or needs restarting on the Fourth Stage or the Command Module, a procedure would be provided to the astronauts to resc ...ed Apollo flight for Brownie and Pad 34A. They may not have been cautioned or briefed by the KSC managers, as we had been at MSFC, on manned flight work

...duced by a [[carbonyl process]]. Printing takes place on a metal, ceramic, or [[regolith]] base in an atmosphere of these metal carbonyls. Using a laser

...creating a series of ‘terraces’ on the crater’s inner walls. Central peak or peaks also form at this time (Fig 11: side view of the central peaks in Cra ...rts of the complex craters are, then, the central uplift, which can be one or several peaks that may attain heights of over a 1000 meters. Moving form t

...to escape (called degassing). These gasses—thought to be carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide—act as propellants, shooting the lava high above the lunar

...all his actual name. No mention of this were ever made in the base papers or records.

...mportant of these clubs was the Verein fur Raumschiffarht (Rocket Society) or the "Society for Space Travel." Oberth became something of a godfather for ...puter, ME=Manufacturing Engineering, QUAL=Quality Inspection, Others Noted or Unknown:

...raints in which something can be accomplished, the more cost effective and/or profitable that accomplishment tends to be. ...and communications equipment. Cargoes of fuel and rockets to be refueled or assembled would dock with the spin up/spin down portion while it is not rot

*One potential way to reuse rocket boosters or first stage rockets is to launch from the ocean as SeaLaunch does, and posi

...earing lubricants from evaporating. At least a gas tight covering of knee or elbow joints could be done with a bellows that has flanges pressed to point ...vehicles might work with ordinary greased bearings and frequent lube jobs, or the lubricant requirement might be solved by special grease and thermal man

...ury and a powder containing the balance of the ingredients, such as silver or gold. Minor amounts of other elements have been shown by experience to pro ...be done in a glove box with an argon atmosphere. Experiments with sodium or potassium on Earth are inherently dangerous. Sodium and potassium are fire

...EVA to breath pure oxygen for a few hours to purge their body of nitrogen, or to "camp out" overnight in a low pressure atmosphere. This is time consumin

...roids or electrostatically levitated dust || can not be breathed by people or internal combustion engines __ requires about the same suit protection of p

*On Luna people will want smooth roads that are dust free and do not buckle or crack with the monthly temperature changes. This can be achieved by shadin

...they appear in a masterful artistic display of governmental “double talk” or “gobble gook” confusion. The report appeared to say everything yet, it

...pate in any project problems. He projected himself into the projects so he or any team member could help resolve problems quickly. Team work was the orde ...saw something risky in a design produced by, say, electrical engineers, he or she was required to drop everything and investigate the problem. No one was

...the “Army’s chain of command” and this was not going to win the space race or put a man on the moon very quickly. MSFC had the assignment to come up wit ...erested offices a copy of the document for information to read and dispose or file in that office’s Project File. Only Project Files were authorized. T

...ne in which the spacecraft receives a single instantaneous momentum input, or impulse, which imparts (as kinetic energy) the total mechanical energy requ ...terception will occur, depending on whether the interception occurs before or after apoapsis. What is not quite so obvious is that interception can also

...al with and they were not giving up control to Congress in contracting out or picking favored contractors. One Congressmen said, “von Braun would lau Other signs at MSFC that seemed to indicate there was a plan to ease control or loosen the grip the Germans had. The slow replacement of Germans with Amer

...or argon. Without some source of inert gas making a breathable atmosphere or using some industrial processes would be impossible. People should conside ...be launched from Luna with [[Mass Drivers]] [[List of Propulsion Systems|(or other low cost per ton technologies)]] and transferred from Earth's orbital

...unches," said our Group Leader. "Dr. von Braun will not stand for failures or mistakes," he added.

...and one toward Luna, these masses can be adjusted to provide thrust toward or away from Luna. If one mass is depended by tidal force to 5.25*10^7 meters

...eer, sometimes may feel that he or she should work around normal processes or make changes for his Project as seen necessary for the safety and certifica ...res established for shipping standards. The Project Engineer could change or submit the packaging instructions accordingly, he always must approve the j

...t be deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, weather we join in or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which

...ar orbit the spacecraft will scan the lunar surface for a heritage landing or crash site. Once located, the lander will detach, initiate descent, and so

...rust system which only requires a source of electrical energy (solar power or nuclear power) and a relatively small amount of ionizable reaction mass (su

...result in a flywheel with 5.02 * 10⁶ watt seconds per kilogram or 1400 watt hours per kilogram. This would not be the kind of flywheel that

...ised if the decrease in cost to orbit from that amounts to a factor of ten or more. It will not be enough to make simply lifting a solar power station t ...ventional lubricants are used. NASA would not put a robot in a space suit or even cover its joints with a gas tight protective flexible housing. Have t

...id of intersecting tunnels, each closed of at the ends by a air tight wall or, on occasion, an airlock. Within this grid, sections can be closed of with This approach requires the ability to make shotcrete(or gunite) on location. This means being able to make shotcrete from lunar reg

...limit the mass accelerated by an all electric mass-driver to 10 kilograms or less in early stage lunar export transportation proposals. ...he rails; and a second portion consisting of the spacecraft carrying cargo or carrying passengers, environmental equipment, maneuvering thrusters, radio

...undersea dredging machine called Spider that can move about with thrusters or powered tracks. It uses water jetting and suction to move sea bottom mater

...that must be stored in an accumulator, such as a capacitor bank, batteries or induction rings. This energy can later be used to launch payloads. for an acceleration (a) of 2g, or 20 m/s2, the time required is 90 seconds.

...flat places with less than 83 degrees latitude on the near-Earth meridian or somewhat higher latitude mountain tops). Electrical power distribution gri ...led lunar industry are uncertain of success and likely to take fifty years or more to show a profit if they succeed; at least they have a plan and intent

...could lose heat by radiation, but would not be exposed to either sunlight or the infrared radiations of the surrounding landscape. It would radiate int

...toms or molecules — that is, to completely remove an electron from an atom or molecule. Instead of producing charged ions when passing through matter, th

...to intellectual property laws by its nature, if the copyright has expired, or if the copyright has been forfeited. Examples include the natural language

...de an adequate seal. To open the door the gasket would either be reheated or broken.

Hydroponics is a technology for growing plants in nutrient solutions with or without the use of an artificial medium to provide mechanical support. ...ar mission or hydrogen is carried and converted to water with lunar oxygen or ice deposits on Luna must be mined for the water. The first steps of the l

...around in a circle instead of flying off on a tangent. If the steel rim (or steel tire) has a cross sectional area of 6.35 square inches (41 cm^2) then ...nd spin down on the same hub to transfer cargo to and from the first wheel or directly to and from Luna.

...ductors|electrical conductor]], and silicon could be used for solar panels or [[In-Situ Propellant Production|rocket fuel]]), this extra energy cost may Many processes used on earth or proposed for Lunar use require [[alumina]] ([[Aluminum|Al]]₂[[Ox

...ing atmospheres. Others require oxidizing atmospheres, inert atmospheres, or vacuum. ...in different compartments. Ambient vacuum as part of sintered brick walls or regolith fines packed in walls will provide adequate insulation. Air condi

Supplies per day can refer to amounts to be resuplied or recycled. The numbers were calculated for the [[MIR]] and utilized in the

...rized vehicle, enter, close the air tight door and pressurize the vehicle; or he would walk to a pressurized vehicle and enter by cycling an air lock. T

...n story or computer game, reviewing key historic and scientific locations, or scouting a destination for a mission you would like to lead.

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...alloy into [[iron]] and [[titanium]] could be done by either distillation or [[Carbonyl process|carbonyl extraction]]. ...carbonyl extraction]], distillation, grinding followed by use of a magnet, or by melting and then allowing the products to separate out. The remaining ti

The resulting sponge of [[titanium]] metal is then either crushed and washed or subjected to vacuum distillation to remove the magnesium chloride, and then ...n]], distillation, grinding and removing the iron particles with a magnet, or melting and then allowing the products to separate. The [[rutile|titanium d

...be sufficiently strong / flexible to survive this shaking without buckling or leaking atmosphere, and internal furnishings/equipment would need to be sec

...hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen collects at the anode (positively charged or ground connection), and the hydrogen collects at the cathode (the negative ...likely be the method of choice, as it is simpler and has roughly the same (or higher) efficiencies when using electricity.

...ogen (see [[Lunar_Carbon_Production#Methane_Reduction|previous section]]), or used for the production of other hydrocarbons.

...uld be required. The ports could be associated with over 30,000 cylinders or with 7600 cylinders if the ports are ganged 4 pair to a cylinder. The tran ...er glass or sifted sand of various types. Most things that could be mined or manufactured on Luna could be exported to L2 with such a gun. This is just

...nt. Although there are still differences of opinion on which is the best, or least evil, of systems of government; the Apollo program was successful for

...d the NASA firewall, material placed on it does not constitute publication or release of information to the public under the color of NASA’s authority. ...have a spell checker of any kind, and (2) accept pictures, graphs, tables, or equations. The suggested solution to this problem involves rebuilding the

...n-a-million shot, but there are millions of them possibly out there so one or more Black Swans shows up every year. Some Black Swans are bad (like 9/11 or the raise of Adolf). Some Black Swans are good (like the Internet and the

...e structure being made is not for the purpose of containing oxygen, water, or water vapor.

...be done. Refractory materials employed in casting like silica, magnesia, or alumina are attacked by titanium with great severity. Powder metallurgy has

...It is possible to take iron rods or bars and pack them in carbon powder, or take plates of iron and sandwich carbon powder between them, and bring the

Engineering details might seem dull or trivial, but they can make or break us. There won't be any ISRU and

...eel or 200 to 400 tons of 25% Ni steel. This could be alloyed with Al and/or Ti but Nb and Mo are too rare on the Moon and Co, though it can be extracte ...bon from polar ices. Presently, there is no way to predict how productive or unproductive polar ice mining will be.

Corundum doped with iron or titanium with produces blue sapphires than can be used in lasers and optics

...tion on her own display. The worker can be warned to head for the air lock or a rescue team can rush in to retrieve her.

...of our Lab’s Supply Branch, would handle requests for stock nuts and bolts or raw materials items. Things picked up with the launch of America’s first ...ed Merchant Marine Captain was hired from New Orleans to command it, sober or not, the skipper worked hard on this project. I used the system to ship t

The story behind the British controlling ego, antipathy or jealous mood if any, may be found in the following report. ...space power, but sadly that's not reflected in the corridors of White Hall or the board rooms in Britain.

...he Marshall Space Flight Center(MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama, was building or buying, shipping rocket components to KSC and using their services to launc ...the rocket’s flame was the right color and to decide to cutoff the engine or release the rocket into space flight.

...d project to have students work on? We do have a student membership class, or rather a student chapter membership class." :*Integrate or at least connect new site into existing back infrastructure<br/> as of 15 A

...g the length of the spacecraft carrier to counter any tendency to pitch up or down. Electrically enhanced rigidity is achieved with electromagnets varyi ...ting the device at Luna will not guarantee success in deploying it at Mars or Earth.

...antages and disadvantages. Naturally having to ship the device from Earth or build the industry on Luna to build the railgun is an obvious difficulty. Since the purpose on Luna would be putting cargo in orbit or putting it at L2, instead of shelling enemy installations as was the goal o

...out of the features on Jupiter, the billowing gasses of a distant nebula, or even the light of distant stars. In reality, if a stargazer needs to peer i

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...Brick Construction|inside]] where an inert atmosphere will not cause rust or corrosion to susceptible metals. A person can then do maintenance work wea ...a supply of oxygen and a scrubber to remove carbon dioxide. The nitrogen or other inert gas (such as argon) is recycled. Sensors monitor the breathing

...ir of equipment for vacuum use that would be damaged by exposure to oxygen or moisture is best carried out in a dry, inert atmosphere. A SCIBA suit allo ...eturn trips to Earth so there can be an exchange of personnel after a year or so tour of duty. Developing this situation should start with machines remo

...led, the task can be undertaken by remote control by a person on the moon, or it can be handled by a person in a surface vehicle using attached manipulat ...n to control available the task, and more than one radio control frequency or laser control frequency.[[File:MMSEV variation.jpg|thumb|600x600px|Although

...ers would no longer be assured of getting the raw materials for production or spare parts for broken machines. Central factories could loose the ability

...d would be open to detection from space without the interference of clouds or lightning. Pressure vessels would be visible because of the unnatural shap

It was reported that Kennedy didn't visit the Army or NASA facilities on his second trip to Redstone. Instead, he addressed more

...in the light all grew toward the light. Participants concluded that light or gravity help plants know in which direction to grow, and the absence of bot ...The experiment kit will be distributed one month before launch to schools or other distribution channels.

...any level of centripetal force desired, people living on the Earth's moon or Mars would be stuck with the local ambient gravity. However, it is just as ...ing resistance if the shells were carried one on the other by steel wheels or rubber wheels. Shells supported by magnetic levitation should work as well

...mixture is 22% sodium and 78% potassium. It melts at 9.4 degrees Farenheit or -12.6 degrees Celsius. So it is certainly not a difficult mixture to keep a

...one at the L1 point. The atmosphere of Venus would condense out in a year or so of torrential rains and eventually freeze solid. The structure of the r

...as suggested by NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay be built or should another or no concept be built?=== ...ygen by processes like the [[FFC Cambridge Process|FFC Cambridge process]] or [[Ilmenite Reduction|ilmenite reduction]] to get plenty of oxygen. Oxygen

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...environment (human selenography). The third sub-discipline, environmental (or integrated) geography, is concerned with the interaction between the enviro * Earth sciences (or Lunar sciences in this case)

The Artemis Accords are an international agreement for the principles of or cooperation in the civil exploration and use of the Moon, Mars, comets, and

The Booster (or Super Heavy) is the first stage while the Starship is the second stage. Bot

...included with systems that include software that uses TeX as a dependency or just users and distros using the TeX Gyre fonts as a handy base. ...ace, most Android devices will automatically substitute either Roboto 2012 or Roboto 2014, which are not desired at all.

...the building of SBSP should be a package deal. One or the other by itself or half-way measures do not make much sense. ...art with electric acceleration of a movable launching pad for the first 4% or so of orbital velocity. The moving start of the rocket prevents the rocket

...ange direction from the launch point need not be cylindrical but spherical or any shape would do. ...d out was reached. There is only one port for putting air into a car tire or letting it out. That works.