Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
26-4-1995 2:00 PM
End Date
26-4-1995 5:00 PM
Description
A Lunar Base project will not begin until early next century. However, the legal and strategic framework around which it will be planned are under construction today. Important questions such as the base's long-term purpose are being left unanswered while we plan its technical implementation, but if we are to see a lunar base become part of an effective and permanent space infrastructure of use to future projects, the goals towards which it will reach and the conflicts it will face must be addressed. This paper discusses some of the factors which will play a role in forming a lunar base project and considers some solutions to resolve the conflicts these factors create.
Paper Session II-C - Policy Considerations for Lunar Development
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
A Lunar Base project will not begin until early next century. However, the legal and strategic framework around which it will be planned are under construction today. Important questions such as the base's long-term purpose are being left unanswered while we plan its technical implementation, but if we are to see a lunar base become part of an effective and permanent space infrastructure of use to future projects, the goals towards which it will reach and the conflicts it will face must be addressed. This paper discusses some of the factors which will play a role in forming a lunar base project and considers some solutions to resolve the conflicts these factors create.
Comments
Lunar Industrialization and Colonization
Session Chairman: Hyam Benaroya, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University
Session Organizer: Alan Drysdale