Space Settlement Library NSS Main Library
Space Resources, NASA SP-509 (1992)
- Overview. 44 pages. [HTML] [PDF 2.5 MB]
- Volume 1: Scenarios. 68 pages. [HTML] [PDF 3.4 MB]
- Volume 2: Energy, Power, and Transport. 182 pages. [HTML] [PDF 7.6 MB]
- Volume 3: Materials. 330 pages. [HTML] [PDF 14.4 MB]
- Volume 4: Social Concerns. 314 pages. [HTML] [PDF 14.8 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.
Recovery and Utilization of Extraterrestrial Resources – Bibliography and Abstracts. NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program, 2004, 207 pages. [PDF 2.6 MB]
Additional papers
- Report of the In Situ Resources Utilization Workshop. NASA Conference Publication 3017, 1988, 102 pages. [PDF 4.5 MB]
- Workshop on Using In Situ Resources for Construction of Planetary Outposts. LPI Technical Report Number 98-01, 1998, 57 pages. [PDF 9.3 MB]
- The Technical and Economic Feasibility of Mining the Near-Earth Asteroids. M. J. Sonter. Paper presented at 49th International Astronautical Federation Congress, Sept 28 – Oct 2, 1998, Melbourne, Australia. [HTML]
- Near-Earth Asteroid Mining, by Shane D. Ross, 2001, 24 pages [PDF 180K]
- NASA In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Capability Roadmap, 2005, 49 pages. [PDF 523K]