The Human Factor in the Settlement of the Moon

Chapter 1. "Practical Planning Commences: Next Steps in the Settlement of Earth's Moon".- Part I. History and Philosophy of Lunar Settlement.- Chapter 2. "Historical and Philosophical Perspectives on Human Settlement of Earth's Moon".- Part II. Engineering, Astronomy, and Construction.- Chapter 3. "Engineering the Moon: Power Generation and Distribution, and Network Installations for Professional Research Purposes".- Chapter 4. "The Changing Lunar Surface Environment: Hazards and Resources for Humans".- Chapter 5. "Plants under the Moonlight; The Biology and Installation of Industrial Plants for Lunar Settlements".- Chapter 6. "The Hazards and Opportunities of Lunar Regolith in Greenhouse Agriculture on the Moon".- Part III. Medical and Health Aspects of Human Lunar Settlement.- Chapter 7.  "Consideration of the Long-Term Effects of Hypogravity".- Chapter 8. "Changes in the Central Nervous System and Their Clinical Correlates duringLong-Term Habitation in the Moon's Environment".- Chapter 9. "Hazards of Lunar Regolith for Respiratory, Central Nervous System, Cardiovascular and Ocular Function".- Part IV. Social, Political, and Legal Frameworks for Lunar Settlement.- Chapter 10. "International Treaties and the Future of the Nation-State Concept on Luna".- Chapter 11. "The Military on the Moon: Geopolitical, Diplomatic, and Environmental Implications".- Chapter 12. "Lunar Settlement and the Right to Return to Earth".- Part V. Philosophical, Educational, and Religious Perspectives on Lunar Settlement.- Chapter 13. "Lunar Settlement, Space Refuge, and Quality of Life: A Prevention Policy for the Future of Humans on the Moon".- Chapter 14. "The Emergence of an Environmental Ethos on Luna".- Chapter 15. "Environmental and Occupational Ethics in Early Lunar Populations; Establishing Guidelines for Future Off-World Settlements".- Chapter 16. "Religious Experience in

Dr. Margaret Boone Rappaport has been a cultural anthropologist involved in a wide array of social, cultural, health, and education research projects since 1975. She received the doctorate in 1977 from the Ohio State University, and went on to lecture at Georgetown and George Washington Universities, until she joined the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Preferring a contract research career because of its variety and opportunities for travel, she left government and founded her own company, Policy Research Methods, Incorporated, 1987-2006. Her interests switched to Space Studies around that time, and have continued in that track ever since while maintaining a full academic writing career.


Konrad Szocik received his PhD in Philosophy in 2013 from Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. Currently, he is assistant professor at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów and visiting fellow at the Interdisciplinary Bioethics Center at Yale University. His research areas include cognitive and evolutionary study of religion, evolution of cooperation, and the idea of the manned mission to Mars and Mars colonization. Dr. Konrad Szocik has taken his background in Philosophy to use it in the applied field of space studies. Not only is he Editor of a book on Mars, and a book on Human Enhancements, both published by Springer, he has also maintained an active publication record in respected journals, such as Space Policy, Futures, and Acta Astronautica. He also serves as editor of the "Studia Humana" journal.

"I think the editors have done a good job in producing a wide-ranging summary of societal issues that will surely be relevant if and when humans choose to settle our nearest celestial neighbour." (Ian Crawford, The Observatory, Vol. 142 (1289), August, 2022)