NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement Milestone 20: A Continuously Occupied Multi-Purpose Lunar Base
An initial lunar facility evolving into a permanently occupied, ever-expanding lunar base (or such a base created at another site),
An initial lunar facility evolving into a permanently occupied, ever-expanding lunar base (or such a base created at another site),
A crewed lunar research facility established to study human habitation, test various equipment and techniques, test mining of lunar resources,
Orbiters and robotic landers to determine the nature and extent of lunar ice, volatile deposits and other lunar resources, and
Establishment of an operational space-based solar power system harvesting solar energy in space and transmitting that energy to markets on
A small (about 100 m diameter), rotating habitat for permanent residents, providing about 1g in Equatorial Low Earth Orbit (ELEO)
NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement Obital propellant depot. Image: NASA DESCRIPTION Robust space infrastructure includes not only crew habitats and
Infrastructure and transportation systems providing regular movement of people, cargo and propellant among locations in cislunar space. NSS Roadmap to
Space technologies, techniques and resources used widely and benefiting all on Earth. NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement Humanity already benefits
Microgravity construction methods developed to fabricate structures that are too large to be launched intact from Earth. NSS Roadmap to
A system capable of detecting and defending against Earth-approaching asteroids or comets built and standing by for a deflection mission
Human reproduction and raising of children to adulthood over several generations in space. NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement Image: Adrianna
People leaving Earth with the technology and tools needed to settle, survive and prosper without needing constant resupply of survival