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Space-Based Manufacturing from Nonterrestrial Materials: Abstracts from the 1976 Summer Study at NASA Ames Research Center.
Extraterrestrial Processing and Manufacturing of Large Space Systems. MIT Space Systems Laboratory, NASA Contractor Report CR-161293, September 1979, 840 pages.
- Summary article
- Volume 1, Chapters 1-6, 307 pages [PDF 11.3 MB]
- Volume 2, Chapters 7-14, 481 pages [PDF 16.0 MB]
- Volume 3, Executive Summary, 52 pages [PDF 2.0 MB]
Lunar Resources Utilization for Space Construction. Study conducted for NASA by General Dynamics Convair Division in 1979 concluded that lunar resources could supply 90% of the material for power satellite production and become cost effective if more than 30 satellites are produced. A nice summary of this study appears in Toward Distant Suns, Chapter 8.