A User’s Guide to the Moon

Dec 28, 2012 | Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, The Moon, Why Space

Now available from the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) e-book webpage is the seminal book – The Lunar Sourcebook: A User’s Guide to the Moon.

This is a treasure-trove of a volume, including sections on: Return to the Moon; Current Understanding of the Moon: A Base for Planning; Goals for Future Lunar Exploration; Unanswered Questions about the Moon; The Next Steps; and a Permanent Presence.

The book is edited by Grant Heiken, David Vaniman, and Bevan French.

Thanks to a cooperative arrangement between the editors, NASA, and Cambridge University Press, this valued volume is now available on line – viewable chapter by chapter and available for download for personal use.

This digital version of the classic 1991 publication is a one-volume reference encyclopedia of scientific and technical information about the Moon.

To access this book and other resources, go to the LPI e-book webpage at:

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/books.shtml

By Leonard David