Meet the editor

Dr. Chemin graduated in Planetary Sciences with Astronomy in 2016, after a full academic path in Earth Observation in Asia. He is now concentrating on Security, Defense and Space Industries (2022), a field filled with both commercial endeavours and highly technical advances. He worked on the hyperspectral analysis of the Apollo 12 landing site and its vicinity on the Moon's surface. He also worked on the thermodynamic energy balance

of the surface-atmosphere interactions of the moon Titan and on the mapping of craters on the dwarf planet called Ceres., and keeps a keen eye on challenges to settle on the moon and Mars, especially food creation, settlements construction, and in situ resource utilization. His interests include philosophy, innovation, space science and exploration challenges, spatial sciences, and geopolitical impacts on space.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

*by Yann-Henri Chemin*

*by Joseph J. Smulsky*

and Settlement on the Moon

*and Fabiana Da Pieve*

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Lunar Science **21**

**Chapter 2 23**

**Chapter 3 45**

Habitat and Humans **61**

**Chapter 4 63**

**Chapter 5 105**

Access to Space, Access to the Moon – Two Sides of the Same Coin?

The Evolution of the Moon's Orbit Over 100 Million Years

*by Yulia Akisheva, Yves Gourinat, Nicolas Foray and Aidan Cowley*

Modeling Radiation Damage in Materials Relevant for Exploration

*by Natalia E. Koval, Bin Gu, Daniel Muñoz-Santiburcio* 

Educational and Scientific Analog Space Missions *by Agata Maria Kołodziejczyk and M. Harasymczuk*

and Prospects for the Research in the Moon

Regolith and Radiation: The Cosmic Battle
