The value of the Moon : how to explore, live, and prosper in space using the Moon's resources /

"While the Moon was once thought to hold the key to space exploration, in recent decades, the U.S. has largely turned its sights toward Mars and other celestial bodies instead. In The Value of the Moon, lunar scientist Paul Spudis argues that the U.S. can and should return to the moon in order...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spudis, Paul D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Luna : Earth's companion in space
  • The Moon conquered--and abandoned
  • After Apollo : a return to the Moon?
  • Another run at the Moon
  • Implementing the vision
  • Why? Three reasons the Moon is important
  • How? Things we should have been doing
  • If not now, when? If not us, who?
  • A visit to the future Moon
  • Where do we go from here?