Return to the Moon : Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space

The Moon is not just a "local" destination, argues former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt. As a destination, the Moon presents us with a goal that tests our resourcefulness and determination. How much are we willing to spend to re-establish ourselves as space-farers? Return to the Moon proposes that we begin planning, and now, for the establishment of human outposts on the Moon? Not just as an exercise in technology and discovery, and not just as a way of fulfilling our destiny as explorers and pioneers. Schmitt, having himself traveled to and literally walked on the Moon, is no stranger to technology, discovery, and a sense of our destiny as explorers; but in this book he focuses on a return to the moon as a business proposition. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_"Возвращение на Луну: Исследование, предпринимательство и энергия в заселении космоса человеком". Книга о будущем исследовании Луны под авторством Гаррисона Шмита - бывшего астронавта НАСА, геолога по профессии, единственного учёного, ходившего по Луне. Former Nasa Astronaut Harrison Schmitt Advocates A Private, Investor-based Approach To Returning Humans To The Moon—to Extract Helium 3 For Energy Production, To Use The Moon As A Platform For Science And Manufacturing, And To Establish Permanent Human Colonies There In A Kind Of Stepping Stone Community On The Way To Deeper Space. With Governments Playing A Supporting Role—just As They Have In The Development Of Modern Commercial Aeronautics And Agricultural Production—schmitt Believes That A Fundamentally Private Enterprise Is The Only Type Of Organization Capable Of Sustaining Such An Effort And, Eventually, Even Making It Pay Off. Apollo: The Legacy -- Energy: The Global Future -- Booster: Moon Rocket Economics -- Fusion: Helium-3 Power Economics -- Resources: Lunar Helium-3 Economics -- Settlement: Helium-3 Production Economics -- Approaches: Organizatonal Options For A Return -- Management: Lessons From Apollo -- Nasa: Restructuring For Deep Space -- Investors: The Best Approach -- Law: Space Resources -- Humans: Roles In Space -- Implications. Harrison Schmitt ; Foreword By Neil Armstrong. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "One possible future for humankind in space is no future at all. Considering the dangers, technological challenges, and unquantified benefits, some decision-makers might turn away altogether from the enterprise." "In this book, however, former astronaut and United States Senator Harrison H. Schmitt argues forcefully that we should look to a future that embraces space - that builds on the lessons of Apollo and on sound practices of business and finance - that will take us back to the Moon and beyond as explorers, scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors ... and settlers." "Schmitt states unequivocally that a permanent Introduction....Pages 1-9 Apollo: The Legacy....Pages 11-23 Energy: The Global Future....Pages 25-52 Booster: Moon Rocket Economics....Pages 53-61 Fusion: Helium-3 Power Economics....Pages 63-76 Resources: Lunar Helium-3 Economics....Pages 77-108 Settlement: Helium-3 Production Economics....Pages 109-148 Approaches: Organizatonal Options for a Return....Pages 149-168 Management: Lessons from Apollo....Pages 169-196 NASA: Restructuring for Deep Space....Pages 197-238 Investors: The Best Approach....Pages 239-273 Law: Space Resources....Pages 275-297 Humans: Roles in Space....Pages 299-324 Implications....Pages 325-328 Advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon - to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human colonies there in a kind of stepping stone community on the way to deeper space ONE possible view of the future of humankind consists of a positive, expansive continnum - the "Star Trek" vision. Argues that human settlement and exploration of the Moon will provide limitless natural resources.