Project Description

This Executive Summary provides a concise summary of the challenges and potential solutions toward having a viable commercial facility on the Moon.  The work of the Lunar Economic Action Plan (LEAP) of the Institute has come to the conclusion that a private settlement on the Moon is surprisingly feasible and even cost effective, offering the best chance of success for a return to the Moon and by definition settlement beyond.

Introductions are provided by ISS Commander Chris Hadfield and IISC Senior Fellow and former Johnson Space Center Director George Abbey.

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