MMM-derived Papers

 4/19/2010 


 

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"The Moon: Why and How we Should Return" © 2004
(Position Paper
adopted jointly by LRS and the Moon Society Board, 3/04/2004)

"The Hubble Space Telescope and the Future of Space-Based Astronomy in the Light of a Return to the Moon" © 2004
(Position Paper
adopted jointly by LRS and the Moon Society Board, 3/04/2004)


"Spinning-up" Glass-Glass Composites Technology © 1987

MUS/cle Strategy for Lunar Industrial Diversification © 1988

 Prinzton: a Rille-Bottom Settlement for Three Thousand Pioneers © 1989

 The Lunar Hostel: An Alternate Concept for First Beachead and Secondary Outposts © 1991

This '91 paper introduces several seminal concepts that have since found their way into mainstream NASA thinking
  • The "amphibious" "frog", a lunar lander that can taxi
  • The telescoping module
  • The toroidal "hybrid rigid inflatable" "donut" concept now embodied in the design of Transhab

 The "Frontier Builder": an Earth-Moon Hotel Cruise Ship: Definition & Design Exercise © 1992

 SSI Research Goals Proposal © 1993

 Railroads on the Moon © 1993

 The Prehistory of Lunar Prospector © 1995

 The Use of Lunar Lavatubes © 1995

 Reinventing Space Oases © 1996

 Rehabilitating Venus as a Human Destination © 1992, 1998, 2000

 Living "Off the Ice" on Europa © 1997, 1998, 2001

 What do Lavatubes Look Like? © 1999

 TransHab and the Prehistory of its Architecture. © 1999

 Steps to Civilian Lunar Home Rule Authority © 1999

[This paper has been a topic of discussion on Backwash.com]

 The "MarsPulse" Calendar © 1999, 2004

 "Improving" the Moon and The Developer's Role © 2000

 Illustrated Discussion of Moon / Mars Habitat Options © 2002

 Adopting a Lunar Calendar © 1987, 1996, 2001, 2005

The Oupost Trap: Technologies Needed to Break Free © 2006

 Assuring Mental Health Among Future Lunar Frontier Pioneers © 2008

 Beyond Our First Moonbase (pdf file) © 2006

  MMM Glossary of New Words and Old Words with New Meanings © 2009

  Expansion of the System of Lunar Nomenclature © 1989

 What a Lunar Analog Research Station Should Attempt to Demonstrate © 2006
 


 
Papers in queue

# Making Ourselves "at Home" on the Moon © 2001 [WIP / not online]

# Moonbase Site Selection Considerations [WIP / not online]

# Lunar Tourism

# Foundations of Martian Culture

# A Modular Approach to Biospherics [WIP / not online]

# Building on the Moon & Lunar Architecture [WIP / not online]

# Inside the Lunar Homestead

# Moon Mining and Eco-Sense; polar ice reserves; tailings, gas scavenging, etc.

# MMM Subject Index