A concept for a space station to be placed in low lunar orbit in support of the eventual establishment of a permanent moon base is proposed. This space station would have several functions: (1) a complete support facility for the maintenance of the permanent moon base and its population; (2) an orbital docking area to facilitate the ferrying of materials and personnel to and from Earth; (3) a zero gravity factory using lunar raw materials to grow superior GaAs crystals for use in semiconductors and mass produce inexpensive fiber glass; and (4) a space garden for the benefit of the air food cycles. The mission scenario, design requirements, and technology needs and developments are included as part of the proposal.
Lunar Space Station
1989
114 pages
Report
No indication
English
Manned Spacecraft , Extraterrestrial Exploration , Orbiting lunar stations , Space habitats , Space processing , Space station structures , Spacecraft design , Closed ecological systems , Life support systems , Space erectable structures , Space station power supplies , Aerospace medicine , Consumables (Spacecrew supplies) , Crystal growth , Lunar orbital rendezvous , Radiation shielding
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