Lunar Homesteads just won’t be possible if we can’t find a way for them to be profitable. Homesteaders will need money to buy the stuff they can’t make themselves. They’ll have to pay for their transportation to Luna and for their initial equipment. They’ll need to be part of the cis-Lunar economy if they want to survive. We can have all the technology we need but money will make or break Lunar Homesteading.
- Homesteader funding
- Self
- Investor
- Donations
- Sponsorship
- Homesteader income streams
- Fuel production
- Tourism
- Science
- Entertainment
- Sports
- Music
- Exploration
- Telecommuting
- Equipment repair/manufacture
- Helium-3
- Beamed energy to Earth
- Homestead construction
- Food/Biological production
- Orbital Settlement/Cycler construction
- Solar Power Satellite construction
- Planetary defense
- Homesteader expenses
- Volatile imports (hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, etc.)
- Electronics/complex equipment
- People
- Entertainment
Resources
- The cislunar econosphere (part 1) (https://www.thespacereview.com/article/2027/1)
- The cislunar econosphere (part 2) (https://www.thespacereview.com/article/2033/1)