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Return to the Moon : Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space
Overview
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.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781441920256
- ISBN-10: 1441920250
- Publisher: Copernicus Books
- Publish Date: October 2010
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.73 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.09 pounds
- Page Count: 336
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