Lunar Materials Utilization

Here is what we accomplished in the 1960s and early 1970s, so why do people say it's so hard in the 2020s?

Docking in lunar orbit after human landing on the Moon, 1969

Old NASA artwork:

Delivery of lunar oxygen (LunOx) to a space station in lunar orbit. NASA artwork by Mike Carroll.

Table of Contents:

Overview of lunar materials and their utilization

The origin and composition of the moon

Highlands vs. Lowlands geology
The Apollo and Luna landings
Major lunar minerals


For aluminum
For calcium
For titanium
§ 2.2.3.4 For iron
For volatiles (hydrogen, water, other)
Powdery texture (helps in mining and processing)


Mining the surface

Lunar bases

History of lunar probes

Others' webpages on lunar materials and utilization

Lunar materials utilization is addressed in official circles and websites more than asteroidal materials utilization, largely because there is support within NASA for a "Return to the Moon" mission as a steppingstone to Mars. PERMANENT first tries to fill in the gaps that other WWW sites don't address. Usually, this also means presenting a private sector (profitable) scenario rather than a government bureaucracy (taxpayer) scenario.

Roadmap to related topics:

§ Chapter 3:(XR) Transportation of asteroidal materials

§ Chapter 4:(XR) Industrial processing and manufacturing with asteroidal materials

§ Chapter 5:(XR) Space products and services from asteroidal materials





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Additional, children pages of this current parent page:

Lunar Resources (Mining The Moon) :
  Overview of Lunar Resources
  Origin and Composition
    Geology, Highlands vs. Lowlands
    Apollo and Luna Samples
    Major Minerals
    Polar Water and Volatiles
    Non-Polar Volatiles
    Powdery Texture
  Mining Lunar Resources
  Bases on the Moon
  Lunar Probes, History and Future
    Clementine 1
    Lunar Prospector
    SMART 1 (Europe)
    Chang-e 1 (China)
    SELENE (Japan)
    Chadrayaan 1
    LRO and LCROSS
    Chang-e 2 (China)
    Chang-e 3 lander (China)
    Chandrayaan 2
    Russian Luna 25-29, 2015-2020
  Links, Lunar


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