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<p>I have an idea on how to open the moon up for U.S. commercial human settlement through NASA's existing Constellation program! The key points of my proposal on how to make this work are as follows:</p><p>1. Create a new class of astronauts with specialty "commercial services" training, whom would be assigned 1 or 2 (of the 6) lunar-bound Orion passenger seats. These astronauts would be assigned special work paid for by the private industry for various private lunar assembly projects.</p><p>2. Allow the private industry to buy partial or full Araine V lunar-bound payload capacity at subsidized rates.</p><p>3. Create a "Base Armstrong" (base name was dictated by Congress in latest spending bill) Urban Commercial Land Use Planning Commission, an Urban Commercial Land Sales & Taxiation Authority, and an Urban Commercial Infrastruction Improvement District. Private construction interests would first propose projects to these new quasi-government agencies. If approved, the land needed would be available for purchase and the land-use plan would be ammended for each various project.</p><p>4. Commercial projects could include anything the private industry can dream of and finance, including housing, medical facilities, research facilities, power plants, transportation systems, agriculture, etc.</p><p>5. NASA astronauts would be given the option not to return home to Earth after their 6-month work term expires. They would have pre-arranged a privately-financed home rental unit through one of the commercially built housing projects.</p><p>6. Eventually, lunar settlement astronauts would couple-up and have children and internally grow the base population.</p>