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First-Stage Lunar Base

First-stage lunar base. This is the type of shelter proposed for the construction crew responsible for building permanent quarters.

The Next Fifty Years On The Moon
by Erik Bergaust
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1974

LESA at Astronautix

Image credit: Boeing

Image source: Numbers Station

Lunar Base by J.J. Olson

A combine of three lunar shelters provides adequate quarters for a construction of eighteen men. It will take many years to complete a major moon colony for 100 or more men-and women.

The Next Fifty Years On The Moon
by Erik Bergaust
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1974

LESA at Astronautix

Image credit: Boeing

Image source: Numbers Station

MOLAB Mockup & Scale Models

MOLAB at Astronautix

Image credit: Northrop

Image source: SDASM Archives

Developing The Moon

Our World in Space
Robert McCall & Isaac Asimov
New York Graphic Society, 1974

Lunar Flyers at Astronautix

Image credit: Robert McCall

Image source: Numbers Station