Return to the Moon - Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2006. Corr. 2nd printing 2006)

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.

General

Imprint:	Copernicus Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2006
First published:	October 2006
Authors:	Harrison Schmitt
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
Edition:	1st ed. 2006. Corr. 2nd printing 2006
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-24285-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > Astronautics
LSN:	0-387-24285-6
Barcode:	9780387242859

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