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Contents 1 PRELUDE 2 WHERE TO 3 THE RETURN 4 BREAKOUT AGENDA 5 SETTLEMENT GROWTH 6 TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE 7 HEALTHY CITIZENS 8 UNIVERSITY OF LUNA in the/a principal settlement 8.1 Selenology (Lunar geology) 8.1.1 Ongoing Explorations 8.1.2 Feature and Place Name Registry 8.1.3 Economic Selenography (Geography of the Moon) project 8.1.4 Identification and prioritization of areas for Geological, Scenic, Historical Preservation Reserve status 8.2 Energy Generation and Nightspan Storage 8.2.1 He3 extraction, handling, shipping 8.2.2 Lunar Solar Power Arrays 8.2.3 Nightspan Storage Options ongoing research 8.2.4 Recycling as a way to reuse embodied energy already produced 8.2.5 Energy efficiency research 8.3 Astronomy and S.E.T.I. 8.3.1 Farside radio astronomy 8.3.2 Optical astronomy program 8.3.3 Lunar Amateur Astronomy Extension 8.4 Research

[edit] PRELUDE

[edit] WHERE TO

[edit] THE RETURN

[edit] BREAKOUT AGENDA

[edit] SETTLEMENT GROWTH

[edit] TRADE AND THE BOTTOM LINE

[edit] HEALTHY CITIZENS

[edit] UNIVERSITY OF LUNA in the/a principal settlement

[edit] Selenology (Lunar geology)

[edit] Ongoing Explorations

• Lavatubes

Location Mapping

Interior Mapping

Possible lavatubes in buried lavaflow layers

• Potential gas pockets
• Active volcanic area
• Mapping concentrations of Solar Wind volatiles

Gas-scavenging methods

• Identification of areas of regolith enriched in specific elements
• Coldtrap ice deposits mapping
• University led expeditions to areas of interest
• Maintenance of priority short-lists of potential outpost and settlement sites to tap various resources or various topographical advantages

[edit] Feature and Place Name Registry

[edit] Economic Selenography (Geography of the Moon) project

[edit] Identification and prioritization of areas for Geological, Scenic, Historical Preservation Reserve status

[edit] Energy Generation and Nightspan Storage

[edit] He3 extraction, handling, shipping

[edit] Lunar Solar Power Arrays

• Relaying power via L4 and L5 to 5/6ths of the Moon

[edit] Nightspan Storage Options ongoing research

[edit] Recycling as a way to reuse embodied energy already produced

[edit] Energy efficiency research

[edit] Astronomy and S.E.T.I.

[edit] Farside radio astronomy

[edit] Optical astronomy program

[edit] Lunar Amateur Astronomy Extension

[edit] Research