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PRELUDE

WHERE TO

THE RETURN

BREAKOUT AGENDA

SETTLEMENT GROWTH

TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE

HEALTHY CITIZENS

UNIVERSITY OF LUNA in the/a principal settlement

Selenology (Lunar geology)

Ongoing Explorations

  • Lavatubes
Location Mapping
Interior Mapping
Possible lavatubes in buried lavaflow layers
  • Potential gas pockets
  • Active volcanic area
  • Mapping concentrations of Solar Wind volatiles
Gas-scavenging methods
  • Identification of areas of regolith enriched in specific elements
  • Coldtrap ice deposits mapping
  • University led expeditions to areas of interest
  • Maintenance of priority short-lists of potential outpost and settlement sites to tap various resources or various topographical advantages

Feature and Place Name Registry

Economic Selenography (Geography of the Moon) project

Identification and prioritization of areas for Geological, Scenic, Historical Preservation Reserve status

Energy Generation and Nightspan Storage

He3 extraction, handling, shipping

Lunar Solar Power Arrays

  • Relaying power via L4 and L5 to 5/6ths of the Moon

Nightspan Storage Options ongoing research

Recycling as a way to reuse embodied energy already produced

Energy efficiency research

Astronomy and S.E.T.I.

Farside radio astronomy

Optical astronomy program

Lunar Amateur Astronomy Extension

Research