Return to the Moon Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space
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 comm...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
2006.
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Colección: | Springer eBooks.
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Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32725309*spi |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | XVI, 336 p. |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780387310640 |