lunar base/life-support on freedom

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From: Aaron M Woolsey
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:17

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	o.k., I'm not an aerospace engineer, just a biology major, but I was
wondering what the outlook is, in the near future, for establishing a lunar base.
 It seems logical to me that before we start planning a manned mission to Mars,
we ought to start planning a permanent base on the moon.  Is NASA devoting any
time or resources toward this direction?  

	also, does anybody know how the life-support/environment control systems
will operate on the space station Freedom (or how they operate on mir)?  I
suppose that these technologies will come in handy when we establish a base on
the moon.  How is oxygen replenished, what's the waste managment program,
and how will they replenish the water supply.  Will Freedom be self-sufficient 
(as its name might imply...)?  

	thanks for your answers in advance...

				-Aaron Woolsey

				 wools@athena.mit.edu

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