LUNAR OUTPOST

The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on the Moon

Erik Seedhouse

When humans return to the Moon, it will not be just to visit, but to establish an outpost and a possible launching pad to Mars. Lunar Outpost provides a unique insight into what will need to be done to achieve this amazing feat. The book

• comprehensively addresses the logistics of returning to the Moon in a specific timeframe
• provides a unique insight into the training processes to be used
• explains the complexities of spacecraft, launch vehicle and life support design
• highlights the means by which a lunar outpost will be constructed
• describes the transportation and exploration challenges of returning to the lunar surface

As the Second Age of Lunar Exploration gets under way, the Moon will be used as a proving ground for the technologies required for manned missions to Mars. This book looks to the future, and shows how the return to the Moon will provide a stepping stone for future interplanetary missions.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the author
List of figures
List of tables
List of abbreviations and acronyms

1. Vision for Space Exploration
2. Pre-VSE Space Exploration Initiatives
3. The Vision for Space Exploration plan
4. Exploration Systems Architecture Study charter
5. The Constellation Program
6. Rationale for returning to the Moon
7. References
8. Racing to the Moon
9. China's lunar ambitions
10. Japan's lunar intentions
11. Russia's manned Moon program
12. Taking Europe to the Moon
13. Reference
14. Next-generation launch vehicles
15. Overview of the launch vehicle selection process
16. Designing Ares
17. Ares I
18. Development problems
19. Propulsion for Ares I and Ares V
20. Ares V
21. Ares V elements
22. Altair/Lunar Surface Access Module
23. Ares V progress
24. References
25. Designing the Crew Exploration Vehicle
26. Crew Exploration Vehicle contractor studies
27. Defining and designing Orion
28. Orion trade studies
29. The design process
30. Orion variants
31. Orion systems and subsystems
32. Orion abort modes
33. Risk assessment
34. References
35. Lunar outpost
36. Lunar environment
37. Lunar life support
38. Expandable habitat structures
39. Lunar communications and navigation capabilities
40. Surface mobility systems
41. References
42. Astronaut selection and medical requirements
43. Psychological impact of long-duration missions
44. Crew selection criteria
45. Crew training
46. Medical care
47. Medical intervention
48. References
49. From launch to landing
50. Mission architecture
51. Evolution of the current lunar architecture
52. Lunar architecture
53. Deployment architecture and strategy
54. Risk and reliability assessment
55. References
56. Alternative mission architectures
57. The Moon as a proving ground: VSE vs. the alternative’vision
58. DIRECT
59. DIRECT's lunar architecture
60. Politics
61. Response to DIRECT
62. Pursuing Constellation
63. References
64. Science on the Moon
65. In situ resource utilization
66. Oxygen production
67. ISRU development and integration strategy
68. References
69. Lunar space tourism
70. Space Adventures Ltd.
71. The Artemis Project
72. Bigelow Aerospace

Epilogue

Glossary

Index

Extent: 328 pages with an 8 page colour section
Binding: PB
Publication Date: September 2008
ISBN: 978-0-387-09746-6

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