Designing a habitat for the lunar surface? You will need to know more than structural engineering. There are the effects of meteoroids, radiation, and low gravity. Then there are the psychological and psychosocial aspects of living in close quarters, in a dangerous environment, far away from home. All these must be considered when the habitat is sized, materials specified, and structure designed.
This book provides an overview of various concepts for lunar habitats and structural designs and characterizes the lunar environment - the technical and the nontechnical. The designs take into consideration psychological comfort, structural strength against seismic and thermal activity, as well as internal pressurization and 1/6 g. Also discussed are micrometeoroid modeling, risk and redundancy as well as probability and reliability, with an introduction to analytical tools that can be useful in modeling uncertainties.
Lays out a feasible timeline for creating habitable structures on the Moon
Examines the engineering requirements needed to create sustainable bases while also addressing the economic aspects of space exploration
Written by Dr. Benaroya, whose Springer/Praxis book From Dust to Gold: Building a Future on the Moon and Mars won the 2012 Best Engineering Science Book from the International Academy of Astronautics
