Resources
Creating a lunar colony
by Niklas Järvstråt, an op-ed in Space-News, 1999.
What do you mean by 'outside' in a lunar colony?
by Niklas Järvstråt, in Moon-Miners Manifesto, 2000.
The concept of "outside" will not be the lunar surface for initial colonists, but rather the green interior of underground domes specifically designed for combined agriculture and recreation.
Lunar colonisation: Why, how and when
by Niklas Järvstråt, in AdAstra, 2002.
The first step for mankind towards space was when trained astronauts made the first footprints on lunar soil. Since then, a lot has been learnt from those brief excursions in space and on the lunar surface. Now,the time is ready for the next step - when ordinary people to move out in space to live there. The nearest source of construction materials is the moon - and everything we need is available there, from energy to the raw materials needed for a prospering colony.Let us go there to stay!
Towards the Ultimate Self Sustainable Society – Manufacture System Design for In-Situ Resource Utilisation in a "Moon Colony"
by Niklas Järvstråt, proceedings of the 10th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, 2003.