AIAA Recommends Actions For Implementation Of Lunar Settlements

MOON DAILY

Can it be done by 2015?

by Staff Writers
Reston VA (SPX) Feb 15, 2007
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Colonization Technical Committee (SCTC) has developed a position statement which recommends specific research, development, technology and engineering goals be implemented in order to establish a Moon base by 2015 and open new frontiers to human space exploration.

The AIAA/SCTC paper emphasizes human settlement of the Moon; development of lunar observatories, energy and resources uses; and sustained, active encouragement of private and international enterprise.

It recommends the establishment of the scientific and industrial capabilities of a permanent lunar settlement and development of the commercial revenue sources on the Moon.

Recommendations in the paper cover the early period (present - 2015), mid-period (2015-2025) and far period (2025-2050).

The SCTC also calls for the United States to work with international partners to pursue free-market rules to the development of space; international conventions on property and mineral rights; and land management conventions to include provisions for homesteading.

The AIAA/SCTC supports a strengthened space program through robust implementation of lunar settlements with commercial and international enterprises.

Email This Article

MOON DAILY

India Spacecraft For Moon To Take Off Next Year

Kanpur, India (PTI) Feb 15, 2007
The 'mission moon' of Indian Space Research Organisation has been completed and it is expected that the first space-craft (Chandrayan first) would take off on March 30 next year, Associate Professor of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum V. Adimurthi said here today.

SPACE TRAVEL Rosetta Correctly Lined Up For Critical Mars Swingby Rosetta Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre On Route For Mars Flyby Japanese Astronaut To Bring Noodles To ISS Students Working On Space Suit Redesign For NASA	MARSDAILY Orbiter Provides New Hints Of Past Groundwater Flows On Mars A Wet Past Launches Quest For Life On Red Planet Success For Thales Space Laser Headed To Mars Opportunity Flips 10 Kilometers And Tests New Drive Software
NUCLEAR SPACE Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear NASA plans to send new robot to Jupiter Los Alamos Hopes To Lead New Era Of Nuclear Space Tranportion With Jovian Mission Boeing Selects Leader for Nuclear Space Systems Program	EXO WORLDS Modeling Other Earths Hubble Probes Layer-Cake Structure Of Extra Solar Gas Giant Atmosphere Strongest Winds On Earth Would Not Even Be A Breeze On These Planets Gas Giants Jump Into Planet Formation Early
NANO TECH Turning An Axel Mounted Molecular Wheel Delft Nano-Detector Very Promising For Remote Cosmic Realms Nano-particles Could Strangle Cancer Cells Hybrid Structures Combine Strengths Of Carbon Nanotubes And Nanowires	SPACE MEDICINE Researcher To Study Astronaut Bone Loss For Space Biology Agency South Korean Air Force Man To Join NASA Research Work Air Force Rocket To Launch NASA Satellite Crabs Give Blood For Space Travel
LAUNCH PAD ILS Proton To Launch Ciel-2 Satellite To Serve North America Arianespace And Astrium Sign Agreement On Ariane 5 Production Increase THEMIS Launch Delayed To Friday THEMIS Launch Now Set for Feb 16	ROCKET SCIENCE NASA Solicits Ideas For Constellation Ground Work New Space Technology Provides Less Shake Rattle And Roll DemoFlight 2 Launch Update SpaceDev Conducts Hot-Fire Test Of Hybrid Upper Stage Rocket Motor

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement