Title Return to the Moon : Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space Author(s) Schmitt, Harrison Publication New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Copernicus 2. Springer New York, 2006. Description XVI, 336 p : online resource Abstract Note Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon???to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human colonies there in a kind of stepping stone community on the way to deeper space. With governments playing a supporting role???just as they have in the development of modern commercial aeronautics and agricultural production???Schmitt believes that a fundamentally private enterprise is the only type of organization capable of sustaining such an effort and, eventually, even making it pay off ISBN,Price 9780387310640 Keyword(s) 1. ASTRONOMY 2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology 3. ASTROPHYSICS 4. EBOOK 5. EBOOK - SPRINGER 6. Popular Science in Astronomy 7. SPACE SCIENCES 8. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I05397     On Shelf