The Moon: Resources, Future Development and Settlement (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
By David Schrunk, Burton Sharpe, Bonnie L. Cooper, and Madhu Thangavelu
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“This book is the best up-to-date introduction to lunar development, focusing on the primary technical infrastructure necessary to expand from an initial base via In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) to global development of what the authors term “Planet Moon”. The book makes a clear case first for why we should do this, and then in quite detailed outline, how. While some technical components, such as remote robotic tele-operation, or lunar materials mining and processing, still require research and development work, nothing in this project is far from mundane things we already know how to do." This excerpt from the Amazon.com review by Arthur P. Smith was based on the 2001 edition but the link goes to an updated 2008 version.
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