Economic considerations in space industrializationThe industrial categories of the United States economy are surveyed to identify those which can function using dominantly lunar raw materials or lunar derived feedstocks (LDF) and solar energy. Sixty-four standard industrial categories (SIC) appear to be compatible with LDF inputs; another 166 SIC's might be adaptable to LDF and space industry if substitution of materials and/or terrestrial supplements were introduced. Analytic tools are presented to use in deciding optimal strategies by which a generalized economy can be developed in space in an optimal manner within given constraints of capital, products derived at a given time, local production costs, cost of import from earth and other factors.
Document ID
19800062215
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Ayres, R. U. (Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pa., United States)
Ayres, L. W. (Variflex Corp. Washington, D.C., United States)
Criswell, D. R. (Lunar and Planetary Institute Houston, Tex., United States)