Historical perspective on the moon base: the British experience
Among the many historical episodes that have relevance to the establishment of a human base, the voyages of Captain Cook, and the founding of Britain's Botany Bay colony in Australia seems particularly appropriate. The process resulting in the selection of Cook rewards study, as do his relations with the Admiralty, with the scientific establishment and with the scientists who accompanies him. Britain's tight control of the Botany Bay settlement and its unwillingness to promote early self-sufficiency may have delayed the time when Australia became self-supporting. Structuring the lunar base to offer opportunities for private initiatives may hasten the day when it becomes a self-supporting settlement rather than an externally supported scientific base on an Antarctic model.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Hawaii Univ., Honolulu (USA). Dept. of Anthropology
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5988911
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-85-52; CONF-8410230-8; ON: DE85005905
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Lunar bases and space activities of the 21st century, Washington, DC, USA, 29 Oct 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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