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
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
Exploring Tomorrow in Space
Thomas Becker
Sterling, 1972
ALSS at Astronautix
Image credit: NASA
Image source: Numbers Station
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