Return to the moon : exploration enterprise and energy in the human settlement of space Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private investor based approach to returning humans to the Moon to extract Helium 3 for energy production to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing and to establish permanent human colonies there in a kind of stepping stone community on the way to deeper space. With governments playing a supporting role just as they have in the development of modern commercial aeronautics and agricultural production Schmitt believes that a fundamentally private enterprise is the only type of organization capable of sustaining such an effort and eventually even making it pay off Apollo: The Legacy Energy: The Global Future Booster: Moon Rocket Economics Fusion: Helium 3 Power Economics Resources: Lunar Helium 3 Economics Settlement: Helium 3 Production Economics Approaches: Organizatonal Options for a Return Management: Lessons from Apollo NASA: Restructuring for Deep Space Investors: The Best Approach Law: Space Resources Humans: Roles in Space Implications