Lunar base and space manufacturing books for sale

I am selling the books listed below. Shipping will be added to all
prices, however only the true shipping cost, depending on book size
and weight as well as chosen delivery speed, will be charged, without
any additional surcharge for handling. If you are interested, please
email me at (remove .NOSPAM from the
address) – the Compuserve address above is no longer valid.
-------------------------------------------------------------
For sale is a copy of "Lunar Bases and Space Activities of the 21st
Century", edited by Wendell W. Mendell, published by the Lunar and
Planetary Institute, Houston, 1985, paperback.
This book represents the conference proceedings of a NASA-sponsored,
public symposium hosted by the National Academy of Sciences and held
in Washington, DC, October 29-31, 1984. The compilation consists of a
total of 86 papers in 12 different categories, spanning from lunar
base concepts and transportation issues over lunar science and lunar
construction to societal issues, plus an epilogue in the from of a
fictional address by a lunar historian on the occasion of the
tricentennial celebration in 2076 written by well known science
fiction author Ben Bova.
Many of the papers provide a general overview of aspects associated
with lunar bases as well as more detailed information about a wide
variety of topics, such as lunar geology, lunar astronomy, oxygen
production and various lunar base design aspects like power
generation, thermal control and life support as well as many other
issues. Authors include such famous names like James Beggs, Edward
Teller, Gordon Woodcock, Paul Spudis, T. A. Heppenheimer, John
Logsdon, James Oberg, and Apollo astronaut Harrison Schmitt. The last
conference paper, "Lunar Industrialization and Settlement - Birth of
Polyglobal Civilization", which is the only paper in the category "A
Vision of Lunar Settlement", represents one of the last, if not the
final publication by Krafft Ehricke.
The wrap around cover painting in color showing a view of an advanced
lunar installation from an Apollo museum construction site was done by
famous space illustrator and artist Pat Rawlings.
The book has a total of 865 pages and is 7 ¼" x 9 ¼" tall and 1 ½"
thick. It includes black and white photographs, diagrams, drawings and
tables as well as formulas, literature references and an index.
The book is an ex library copy that was recently surplussed by the
Boeing company branch library at the Huntington Beach plant and wears
the stamp "Withdrawn from Boeing Library Holdings". It has typical
library marks, stamps and stickers as well as some creasing and damage
to the soft cover and slight damage to the back and some shelf wear
soiling and smudging to the outside, but the text pages are generally
fine.
The price is $16.
-------------------------------------------------------------
For sale is a copy of "Space Manufacturing 6, Nonterrestrial
Resources, Biosciences, and Space Engineering", edited by Barbara
Faughnan and Gregg Maryniak, published by the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington, DC, October 1987, hardcover,
no dust jacket.
This book represents the conference proceedings of the Eighth
Princeton/American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Space
Studies Institute Conference held at Princeton University, NJ, May
6-9, 1987.
The compilation consists of a total of 51 papers in 9 different
categories, spanning from biomedical considerations and artificial
biospheres over social aspects for spaceflight and international and
economic considerations to space habitats, space manufacturing and
solar power satellites, space transportation and nonterrestrial
resources, plus conference summaries for each of the categories as
well as an introduction by Gerard K. O'Neill and a keynote address by
Apollo astronaut Donn Eisele. The papers address such diverse topics
as electromagnetic launchers, lunar bases, space commercialization,
laser propulsion and space law.
The full size cover painting in color showing a lunar landing vehicle
carrying a crew transfer module on descent to the lunar surface was
done by famous space illustrator and artist Paul Hudson.
The book has a total of 405 pages and is 8 ½" x 11 ¼" tall and 1"
thick. It includes black and white photographs, diagrams, drawings and
tables as well as formulas, literature references and an author index.
The book is an ex library copy that was recently surplussed by the
Boeing company branch library at the Huntington Beach plant and wears
a sticker "McDonnell Douglas Corporation / MDAC Technical Library
Services" with their famous aircraft/rocket logo as well as the stamp
"Withdrawn from Boeing Library Holdings" and thus actually represents
a bit of aerospace history in itself. Apart from typical library
marks, stamps and stickers and some light bumping, soiling and
smudging to the outside and the laminated covers, the book is in good
condition.
The price is $30.
-------------------------------------------------------------
For sale is a copy of "Space Manufacturing 7, Space Resources to
Improve Life on Earth", edited by Barbara Faughnan and Gregg Maryniak,
published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Washington, DC, September 1989, hardcover, no dust jacket.
This book represents the conference proceedings of the Ninth
Princeton/American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/Space
Studies Institute Conference held at Princeton University, NJ, May
10-13, 1989.
The compilation consists of a total of 52 papers in 9 different
categories, spanning from biomedical considerations and space
biospheres over international and economic considerations to space
habitats, space manufacturing and space power, space transportation,
lunar bases and nonterrestrial resources as well as a poster session,
plus conference summaries for each of the categories, a keynote
address and introductory remarks. The papers address such diverse
topics as beamed power transmission, lunar teleoperations, technology
transfer in space related joint ventures, space debris, site selection
for a lunar base, artificial gravity, and space immunology.
The full size cover painting in color showing a lunar robotic
tele-prospector based on a Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars rover design
performing field geology in the crater Riccioli on the lunar surface
was done by famous space illustrator and artist Pat Rawlings.
The book has a total of 362 pages and is 8 ½" x 11 ¼" tall and 1"
thick. It includes black and white photographs, diagrams, drawings and
tables as well as formulas, literature references and an author index.
The book is an ex library copy that was recently surplussed by the
Boeing company branch library at the Huntington Beach plant and wears
the stamp "Withdrawn from Boeing Library Holdings". Apart from typical
library marks, stamps and stickers and some light bumping, soiling and
smudging to the outside and the laminated covers, the book is in good
condition.
The price is $30.
-------------------------------------------------------------
For sale is a copy of "Space Manufacturing 10, Pathways to the High
Frontier", edited by Barbara Faughnan, published by the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington, DC, August
1995, hardcover, no dust jacket.
This book represents the conference proceedings of the Twelfth Space
Studies Institute/Princeton Conference held at Princeton University,
NJ, May 4-7, 1995.
The compilation consists of a total of 37 papers in 8 different
categories, spanning from biomedical over international, legal and
economic to asteroids and nonterrestrial materials, robotics, advanced
technologies, wireless power transmission and transportation as well
as a poster session, plus conference summaries for each of the
categories, a keynote and a banquet address, welcoming and
introductory remarks, and a special presentation. The papers address
such diverse topics as maglifters, sling and mass driver launch,
extraterrestrial medicine and surgery, artificial gravity, lunar rover
navigation control, legal and regulatory aspects of low-Earth orbit
commercial business parks, power from space, thin-film solar cell
technology, space investment funds, and space settlement and
education. They include one of the first publications on the original
concept of a reusable launch vehicle family by Walter Kistler, founder
of the Kistler Aerospace Corporation, as well as a paper on manned
microwave-boosted spacecraft with hyper-energetic transatmospheric
performance by Leik Myrabo.
The cover painting in color showing an asteroid surrounded by probe
designs with an astronaut in the foreground was done by David Egge.
The book has a total of 391 pages and is 8 ½" x 11 ¼" tall and 1"
thick. It includes black and white photographs, diagrams, drawings and
tables as well as formulas, literature references and an author index.
The book is an ex library copy that was recently surplussed by the
Boeing company branch library at the Huntington Beach plant and wears
the stamp "Withdrawn from Boeing Library Holdings". Apart from typical
library marks, stamps and stickers and some light soiling and smudging
to the outside and the laminated covers, the book is in very good
condition.
The price is $35.