Space Resources and Space Settlements

CONTENTS
PREFACE
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
RESEARCH NEEDS FOR REGENERATIVE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS
1. Systems Engineering Overview for Regenerative Life-Support Systems Applicable to Space Habitats
Jack Spurlock and Michael Modell
2. Research Planning Criteria for Regenerative Life-Support Systems Applicable to Space Habitats
Jack Spurlock, William Cooper, Paul Deal, Annita Harlan, Marcus Karel, Michael Modell, Paul Moe, John Phillips, David Putnam, Philip Quattrone, C. David Raper, Jr., Elliot Swan, Frieda Taub, Judith Thomas, Christine Wilson, and Ben Zeitman
HABITAT DESIGN
1. Effect of Environmental Parameters on Habitat Structural Weight and Cost
Edward Bock, Fred Lambrou, Jr., and Michael Simon
2. Habitat and Logistic Support Requirements for the Initiation of a Space Manufacturing Enterprise
J. Peter Vajk, Joseph H. Engel, and John A. Shettler
DYNAMICS AND DESIGN OF ELECTROMAGNETIC MASS DRIVERS
1. Mass Drivers I: Electrical Design
William H. Arnold, Stuart Bowen, Kevin Fine, David Kaplan, Margaret Kolm, Henry Kolm, Johathan Newman, Gerard K. O'Neill, and William R. Snow
2. Mass Drivers II: Structural Dynamics
William H. Arnold, Stuart Bowen, Kevin Fine, David Kaplan, Margaret Kolm, Henry Kolm, Jonathan Newman, Gerard K. O'Neill, and William R. Snow
3. Mass Drivers III: Engineering
William H. Arnold, Stuart Bowen, Steve Cohen, David Kaplan, Kevin Fine, Margaret Kolm, Henry Kolm, Jonathan Newman, Gerard K. O'Neill, and William R. Snow
ASTEROIDS AS RESOURCES FOR SPACE MANUFACTURING
1. Round-Trip Missions to Low-Delta-V Asteroids and Implications for Material Retrieval
David F. Bender, R. Scott Dunbar, and David J. Ross
2. Retrieval of Asteroidal Materials
Brian O'Leary, Michael J. Gaffey, David J. Ross, and Robert Salkeld
3. An Assessment of Near-Earth Asteroid Resources
Michael J. Gaffey, Eleanor F. Helin, and Brian O'Leary
PROCESSING OF NONTERRESTRIAL MATERIALS
1. The Initial Lunar Supply Base
David R. Criswell
2. Extraterrestrial Fiberglass Production Using Solar Energy
Darwin Ho and Leon E. Sobon
3. Lunar Building Materials-Some Considerations on the Use of Inorganic Polymers
Stuart M. Lee
4. A Geologic Assessment of Potential Lunar Ores
David S. McKay and Richard J. Williams
5. Extraction Processes for the Production of Aluminum, Titanium, Iron, Magnesium, and Oxygen and Nonterrestrial Sources
D. Bhogeswara Rao, U. V. Choudary, T. E. Erstfeld, R. J. Williams, and Y. A. Chang
6. Mining and Beneficiation of Lunar Ores
Richard J. Williams, David S. McKay, David Giles, and Theodore E. Bunch