updated 05/21/2010

Here you will find links to papers published online, including submissions too long or too technical to be published in Moon Miners' Manifesto, papers published by Moon Society "partner organizations" and "affiliates" and more.

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MOON SOCIETY POSITION PAPERS Moon Society Joins new Thirteen Member Space Solar Alliance for Future Energy (SSAFE) Expanding on the Society's Vision Statement: Solar Power Satellites Built with Lunar Materials Moon Society opposition to any Congressional ban on spending for "humans to Mars" programs The Moon Society's role in The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) The Moon: Why and How we Should Return The Hubble Space Telescope and the Future of Space-Based Astronomy in Light of a Return to the Moon Moon Society and Space Exploration Alliance Call for "The Moon, Mars, and Beyond" Position Papers by Affiliates, worth study Space Renaissance Initiative - Aldrin-Hsu paper [pdf format] Space Rennaissance Manifesto - Adriano Autino [pdf format] AphaTown - ISS Authority - Space Frontier Foundation [pdf format - published in MMM] Members interested in helping draft position papers should email us. Papers under consideration include the following topics: Observatories on the Moon - note that 2009 is International Astronomy Year The Moon and Tourism Lunar Property Rights The Moon's role in Planetary Defense and more PAPERS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS Outreach about the Moon by Ken Murphy Space Education Initiative by Jim Barnard Interview of Peter Kokh by Clark Lindsey of HobbySpace on Moonbase exercise in Utah (external link) Interview of Peter Kokh by Astrid Dahm for an article on the Moon in the German science magazine P.M. LEAG 2007 Conference, Full Report by Larry J. Friesen Space settlements, Property Rights, and International Law: Could a Lunar Settlement Claim the Lunar Real Estate it Needs to Survive? by Alan B. Wasser and Douglas Jobes A Third Generation American Space Program: Space Policy 3.0 by David S. Dunlop Introduciton to the forthcoming Science-Fiction novel "Lunar Pioneers" by Phi Harris A National Park System on the Moon? A proposal to the American Lunar Society by Peter Kokh The Lunar Flashbulb aka Lunar Lavatube Locator More to be posted ADDITIONAL MOON SOCIETY LINKS Moon Miners' Manifesto CLASSICS PDF Files MOON COLONY VIDEOS Artemis Project™ Reference Mission Overview (external link) University of Luna Project Library Links Page PowerPoint Presentations (3) The Moonbase Exercise in Utah Options for a Lunar Analog Research Station Human Migration Triway into Space Moon Society Milwaukee (Lunar Reclamation Society) Research Reports Lunar Agriculture Experiments - LUNAX Lunar Painting Experiment - "Regolith Impressionism" SELECT POSTS - MOON SOCIETY BLOG (by Peter Kokh unless otherwise noted) in chronological order, oldest at the top, most recent at the bottom. The Solar System becomes a Gated Community Of 8 Planets & 28 Worlds & Counting Modular Construction within Shielded Megastructures The View from Earth-Moon L5 The Moon as a Puzzle The View from Sun-Earth L5 NASA has ended all funding for Biological "Advanced Life Support" Usefulness of Terrestrial Lavatubes in a Lunar Analog Research Station Program RAMADAS: "Yard" and Work site Canopies for Lunar Outposts Railroading on the Moon? Why not! The Human Expansion Triway into Space top EXTERNAL LINKS Oregon L5 Society Papers Lunar Base Research Team Papers (7) Mars Instrument & Science Team Papers (4) Lunar Reclamation Society -  NOTE: The Lunar Reclamation Society web site is currently offline, so  the following papers have been republished on the Moon Society Milwaukee Outpost site at: http://www.moonsociety.org/publications/mmm_papers/ Papers (23) (Of Special Interest) THE LUNAR "HOSTEL" An Alternate Concept for First Beachhead and Secondary Outposts PRINZTON: A Rille-Bottom Settlement for Three Thousand People MUS/cle Strategy for Lunar Industrial Diversification Railroading on the Moon The "Frontier Builder": an Earth-Moon Hotel Cruise Ship The Use of Lunar Lavatubes Steps to Civilian Lunar Home Rule Authority "Improving" the Moon, and the Developer's Role Illustrated Discussion of Moon / Mars Habitat Options Beyond Our First Moonbase: The Future of Human Presence on the Moon (pdf file) Adopting a Lunar Calendar Beyond The Outpost Trap: Technologies Needed to Break Free Assuring Mental Health Among Future Lunar Frontier Pioneers A more complete and updated list is at this address American Lunar Society Papers (12) Geologic Processes on the Moon Lunar Prospector and the Road to the Lunar Frontier A Short Summary of the Findings of Lunar Prospector Lunar Occultation's: Theory and Method Lunar Domes Video Astronomy Photographing the Moon Transient Lunar Phenomena - TLP Lunar Impacts Project Lunar Farside Dome and Nearside Cone Project National Space Society Position Papers Reauthorizing the Vision for Space Exploration - Statement of NSS Executive Director George Whitesides presented before the Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate Hearing on May 7, 2008 NSS Position Paper on Space Tourism Why Space?: The NSS Rationale for Exploring and Settling the Endless Frontier NSS Position Paper on Space and Molecular Nanotechnology The Next Steps for Human Space Exploration (pdf) Mexican Space Society (SEM - Sociedad Espacial Mexicana) Mex-LunarHab Proposal Rationale for a Mexican Space Development Program top