This page contains the official whitepapers of the Moon Society.
MOON SOCIETY WHITEPAPERS
“The Moon: Why and How we Should Return” © 2004
(Position Paper adopted jointly by LRS and the Moon Society Board, 3/04/2004) (PDF)
“The Hubble Space Telescope and the Future of Space-Based Astronomy in the Light of a Return to the Moon” © 2004
(Position Paper adopted jointly by LRS and the Moon Society Board, 3/04/2004) (PDF)
2007.12.23 – Starting a Dialog Between the Environmental and Space Communities (PDF)
2008.03.28 – Promoting a vision of a network of Solar Power Satellites largely built from Lunar Materials
2009.01.09 – A Third Generation American Space Program: Space Policy 3.0 – by David A. Dunlop This paper has been submitted as input to the Obama-Biden Transition Team on Space. (PDF)
MOON SOCIETY POSITION PAPERS
Here you will find links to papers published online, including submissions too long or too technical to be published in Moon Miners’ Manifesto, papers published by Moon Society “partner organizations” and “affiliates” and more.
Moon Society Joins new Thirteen Member Space Solar Alliance for Future Energy (SSAFE)
Expanding on the Society’s Vision Statement: Solar Power Satellites Built with Lunar Materials
Moon Society opposition to any Congressional ban on spending for “humans to Mars” programs
The Moon Society’s role in The Vision for Space Exploration (VSE)
The Moon: Why and How we Should Return
The Hubble Space Telescope and the Future of Space-Based Astronomy in Light of a Return to the Moon
Moon Society and Space Exploration Alliance Call for “The Moon, Mars, and Beyond”
PAPERS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS
Members interested in helping draft position papers should email us.
Papers under consideration include the following topics:
- Observatories on the Moon
- The Moon and Tourism
- Lunar Property Rights
- The Moon’s role in Planetary Defense
- and more
Powering Civilization After Fossil Fuels by John Barber
Outreach about the Moon by Ken Murphy
Space Education Initiative by Jim Barnard
Interview of Peter Kokh by Clark Lindsey of HobbySpace on Moonbase exercise in Utah (external link)
Interview of Peter Kokh by Astrid Dahm for an article on the Moon in the German science magazine P.M.
LEAG 2007 Conference, Full Report by Larry J. Friesen
Space settlements, Property Rights, and International Law: Could a Lunar Settlement Claim the Lunar Real Estate it Needs to Survive? by Alan B. Wasser and Douglas Jobes
Introduciton to the forthcoming Science-Fiction novel “Lunar Pioneers” by Phi Harris
A National Park System on the Moon? – A proposal to the American Lunar Society by Peter Kokh
The Lunar Flashbulb aka Lunar Lavatube Locator
“Spinning-up” Glass-Glass Composites Technology © 1987
MUS/cle Strategy for Lunar Industrial Diversification © 1988
Prinzton: a Rille-Bottom Settlement for Three Thousand Pioneers © 1989
The Lunar Hostel: An Alternate Concept for First Beachead and Secondary Outposts © 1991
This ’91 paper introduces several seminal concepts that have since found their way into mainstream NASA thinking
- The “amphibious” “frog“, a lunar lander that can taxi
- The telescoping module
- The toroidal “hybrid rigid inflatable” “donut” concept now embodied in the design of Transhab
The “Frontier Builder”: an Earth-Moon Hotel Cruise Ship: Definition & Design Exercise © 1992
SSI Research Goals Proposal © 1993
Railroads on the Moon © 1993
The Prehistory of Lunar Prospector © 1995
The Use of Lunar Lavatubes © 1995
Reinventing Space Oases © 1996
Rehabilitating Venus as a Human Destination © 1992, 1998, 2000
Living “Off the Ice” on Europa © 1997, 1998, 2001
What do Lavatubes Look Like? © 1999
TransHab and the Prehistory of its Architecture. © 1999
Steps to Civilian Lunar Home Rule Authority © 1999
The “MarsPulse” Calendar © 1999, 2004
“Improving” the Moon and The Developer’s Role © 2000
Illustrated Discussion of Moon / Mars Habitat Options © 2002
Adopting a Lunar Calendar © 1987, 1996, 2001, 2005
The Oupost Trap: Technologies Needed to Break Free © 2006
Assuring Mental Health Among Future Lunar Frontier Pioneers © 2008
Beyond Our First Moonbase (pdf file) © 2006
Expansion of the System of Lunar Nomenclature© 1989
What a Lunar Analog Research Station Should Attempt to Demonstrate © 2006
Position Papers by Affiliates, worth study
PowerPoint Presentations
Options for a Lunar Analog Research Station
Human Migration Triway into Space
Moon Society Milwaukee (Lunar Reclamation Society) Research Reports