{"product_id":"9781441920256","title":"Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space","description":"\u003ch1\u003eReturn to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSchmitt, Harrison\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon—to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human colonies there in a kind of stepping stone community on the way to deeper space. With governments playing a supporting role—just as they have in the development of modern commercial aeronautics and agricultural production—Schmitt believes that a fundamentally private enterprise is the only type of organization capable of sustaining such an effort and, eventually, even making it pay off. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Copernicus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-10-18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781441920256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/0-387-31064-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 336\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47671489298572,"sku":"9781441920256","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781441920256.jpg?v=1776515531","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781441920256","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}