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Contents 1 PRELUDE 2 WHERE TO 3 THE RETURN 3.1 Bursting Apollo's envelope 3.1.1 No one has experienced a lunar dawn or lunar sunset. 3.1.2 No one has slept prone in a bed on the Moon 3.1.3 No one has taken more than a step or two on the Moon without a space suit 3.2 Getting to the Moon 3.2.1 Launchers 3.2.2 Cargo carriers 3.2.3 Commodity carriers 3.2.4 Modular pod transport systems 3.2.5 Personnel carriers 3.2.6 Designing landing components for reuse on the Moon 3.2.7 Developing lunar fuels that can be used between GEO and the Moon 3.3 Earth to Moon Way Stations 3.3.1 LEO Depot 3.3.2 L1 Depot 3.3.3 LLO Depot 3.4 Site Preparation 3.4.1 Grading 3.4.2 Room for future expansion 3.4.3 Planned warehousing 3.4.4 Planned expansion vectors 3.4.5 Planned access corridors 3.4.6 Location of nearest resources per type 3.5 Teleoperations 3.5.1 Pre-landing teleoperations 3.5.2 post landing teleoperations 3.6 Outpost Modules 3.6.1 Adapted ISS hard modules 3.6.2 Ganged SpaceHab modules 3.6.3 New hard modules 3.6.4 Nautilus adaptations 3.6.5 Connectors 3.6.6 Other items 3.6.7 Tankage 3.6.8 Periscopic windows, "sundows" 3.6.9 sunpipe systems 3.7 Shielding Options 3.7.1 Direct 3.7.2 Shielding indirect 3.7.3 Lavatube sites 3.8 Site management issues 3.8.1 Respecting the topography 3.8.2 Natural area steadies 3.8.3 Road and path location issues 3.8.4 Warehousing systems 3.9 Outpost ingress/egress 3.9.1 Spacesuit-docking 3.9.2 Vehicle docking 3.9.3 Vehicle to vehicle docking 3.9.4 Dust management systems 3.9.5 other 3.10 Outpost/Settlement Wastes 3.10.1 Human Wastes 3.10.2 Biomass wastes 3.10.3 Packaging Wastes 3.10.4 Processing wastes 3.10.5 Waysources (waste resources) 3.10.6 Throughput 3.10.7 Energy reuse/energy embodiments 3.10.8 other 3.11 Making Money at the Outpost 3.11.1 Deploying and testing proprietary ISRU equipment 3.11.2 Photography for movie backgrounds 3.11.3 Collect lunar samples for sale 3.11.4 Made-on-luna trinkets, coins 3.11.5 Crew members to pay towards their participation, after full training 3.11.6 other ideas 4 BREAKOUT AGENDA 5 SETTLEMENT GROWTH 6 TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE 7 HEALTHY CITIZENS 8 UNIVERSITY OF LUNA

[edit] PRELUDE

[edit] WHERE TO

[edit] THE RETURN

[edit] Bursting Apollo's envelope

[edit] No one has experienced a lunar dawn or lunar sunset.

[edit] No one has slept prone in a bed on the Moon

[edit] No one has taken more than a step or two on the Moon without a space suit

[edit] Getting to the Moon

[edit] Launchers

[edit] Cargo carriers

[edit] Commodity carriers

• Launch tracks

[edit] Modular pod transport systems

• Finished hard habitat modules
• Inflatable module packs
• Modular factory systems
• Modular utility systems

Power generation

Air recycling

Water recycling

Waste recycling

[edit] Personnel carriers

• Crew cabins
• Landing craft
• Ascent craft

Pressurized

Open-cockpit

[edit] Designing landing components for reuse on the Moon

[edit] Developing lunar fuels that can be used between GEO and the Moon

[edit] Earth to Moon Way Stations

[edit] LEO Depot

[edit] L1 Depot

• Growing L1 in step with the growth of surface operations

[edit] LLO Depot

[edit] Site Preparation

[edit] Grading

[edit] Room for future expansion

[edit] Planned warehousing

[edit] Planned expansion vectors

[edit] Planned access corridors

[edit] Location of nearest resources per type

[edit] Teleoperations

[edit] Pre-landing teleoperations

• Site exploration, asset & obstacle mapping
• Site preparation
• Shielding emplacement
• Initial roadways and paving
• other

[edit] post landing teleoperations

• Robotic exploration of areas of interest
• Robotic preliminary prospecting
• Robotic installation of self-help service stations, relays, way points, beacons
• other

[edit] Outpost Modules

[edit] Adapted ISS hard modules

[edit] Ganged SpaceHab modules

[edit] New hard modules

[edit] Nautilus adaptations

[edit] Connectors

[edit] Other items

[edit] Tankage

[edit] Periscopic windows, "sundows"

[edit] sunpipe systems

[edit] Shielding Options

[edit] Direct

• Raw regolith
• Processed regolith less iron, volatiles, large rocks
• Modular regolith: blocks, bags, baffle systems, saddlebags
• Shielding styling, cladding, coloring and other ways of personalization of the exterior of a personal or corporate habitat

[edit] Shielding indirect

• Modular hangar structures and interfaces, surface prep
• Shielded warehousing
• Expansion options

[edit] Lavatube sites

[edit] Site management issues

[edit] Respecting the topography

[edit] Natural area steadies

[edit] Road and path location issues

[edit] Warehousing systems

• Sorting for reuse

By material (knock-down (KD) items)

Mixed materials

• Barcoding for locatability
• Shielded vs. unshielded warehousing

Canopy covered storage

Lavatube storage

• Tank farms

[edit] Outpost ingress/egress

[edit] Spacesuit-docking

[edit] Vehicle docking

[edit] Vehicle to vehicle docking

[edit] Dust management systems

[edit] other

[edit] Outpost/Settlement Wastes

[edit] Human Wastes

[edit] Biomass wastes

[edit] Packaging Wastes

[edit] Processing wastes

[edit] Waysources (waste resources)

[edit] Throughput

[edit] Energy reuse/energy embodiments

[edit] other

[edit] Making Money at the Outpost

[edit] Deploying and testing proprietary ISRU equipment

[edit] Photography for movie backgrounds

[edit] Collect lunar samples for sale

[edit] Made-on-luna trinkets, coins

[edit] Crew members to pay towards their participation, after full training

[edit] other ideas

[edit] BREAKOUT AGENDA

[edit] SETTLEMENT GROWTH

[edit] TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE

[edit] HEALTHY CITIZENS

[edit] UNIVERSITY OF LUNA

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