Lunar and Planetary Science XIV : Special Session Abstracts: Return to the Moon-March 16, 1983 Future Lunar Program -March 17, 1983

Compiled by the Lunar and Planetary Institute.In situ solar furnace production of oxygen, metals and ceramics from lunar materials / W.N. Agosto and E.A. King--Lunar base requirements / J.A. Angelo and D. Buden--Lunar sciences and resources / J.R. Arnold, P.J. Coleman, Jr., D.R. Criswell, and J. Platt--From Antarctica to the Moon: The question of extrapolation / B.J. Bluth--Toward a lunar renaissance / J.D. Burke--Interaction of human alveolar macrophages with lunar soil / J.H. Chalmers, Jr., M.L. Mace, Jr., S.D. Greenberg, E.C. Lawrence, and R.R. Martin--To the Moon and beyond: Policy considerations / P.P. Chandler--A transportation and supply system between low Earth orbit and the Moon which utilizes lunar derived propellants / D.R. Criswell--Lunar oxygen impact upon STS effectiveness / H.P. Davis--Life-sustaining lunar habitats / C. Dry--Building a lunar laboratory: A multidisciplinary honors study / D.J. Evans--Electronic upsets and the use of lunar resources / E.M. Gelfand, D.N. Baker, and G.H. Heiken--The international law and politics of Moon settlements / N.C. Goldman--The politics of returning to the Moon: Is 2007 a reasonable target? / N.C. Goldman--Material resources of the moon / L.A. Haskin--Human life support systems on the Moon: Some ecological considerations / B. Maguire, Jr.--The Moon and Antarctica / H. Mark--A manned lunar base and the NASA budget: Is there room for another pig in the python? / W.W. Mendell and M.B. Duke--Why are you talking about a manned lunar base now when the shuttle fleet needs a fifth orbiter, when the space station project is sputtering, when planetary exploration has had no new start since 1978, when the national economy is in the worst shape since the Great Depression, when the Japanese are pushing for world leadership in technology, when the Soviets and the Europeans are challenging American preeminence in space, and when video games are corrupting our youth? / W.W. Mendell and M.B. Duke--A giant foothold for mankind / G. Mueller--Future unmanned lunar spaceflights / D.E. Wilhelms--Enhanced production of water from ilmenite: An experimental test of a concept for producing lunar oxygen / R.J. Williams and O. Mullins