CHAPTER 4 THE EQUIPMENT F) MASS DRIVERS G) CONSTRUCTION QUARTERS

F) MASS DRIVERS

The “Mass Drivers”, or as they are sometimes called “Rail Guns”, be built on the moon from plans supplied by engineers on the Earth. They can use materials taken from the Lunar Surface and processed in the Lunar Facility that will have to be built to process the metals.

Parts for the initial Mass Driver can be included on the Cargo vehicle that transports the station’s equipment to the Lunar Surface. Even portions of the frame for the multiple-body Cargo Landers can be used as part of the Mass Driver System


G) CONSTRUCTION QUARTERS

The initial Construction Quarters may be either inflatable Igloos or Quonset Huts. The Quarters may be fabricated in a similar way to the “Space Tugs”. Designed and assembled on Earth inflated in the factory with dry Nitrogen to check for any leaks and the basic workmanship of the assemblers. The assembly will have a couple of entrances and both will have airlocks to save on atmospheric gases. It will also have an atmosphere scrubbing station for recovery of Oxygen and Water Vapor, and a communications suite for talking to the Orbital Stations and workman on the surface on the Moon. It will also need the Radar and Laser suite for Landing Approach and Control of incoming Landers and the departure of Landers returning to the Orbiter.

All of the equipment for the Construction Quarters can be designed to fit into suitcase sized transportation cases and brought inside through the air locks and connected to cabling designed into the Quarters on the Earth.

An alternate method would be to have inflateable “ribs” in the facility that could be inflated with out the facility itself being pressurized and when all of the equipment is inside the airlocks closed and the facility pressurized.