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Welcome to Moonbase (1987)

By Matt Novak Published May 22, 2007, 5:13 pm ET

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The 1987 book Welcome to Moonbase describes the “history” of colonizing the moon. The manual explains “lunar manufacturing,” “job guidelines,” and “lunar tourism,” among other things. Stay tuned as we explore this fascinating book from the paleo-future.

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