Engineering The Lunar Sites for Construction: Based on Apollo data, Validated by CLPS, Designed for Artemis Paperback – Large Print, November 17, 2025

The first practical engineering manual for building on the Moon, grounded in Apollo data, validated by modern missions, and built for Artemis.For decades, lunar construction has been stalled by a critical gap: we know what to build, habitats, reactors, landing pads, but not how to prepare the ground. Regolith has been treated as “dust” or “soil,” forcing engineers to guess, overdesign, or delay.This book closes that gap.Engineering the Lunar Sites for Construction introduces OCR* (Lunar Overconsolidation Ratio) and the LRC (Lunar Regolith Classification), the first physics-based, mission-ready framework for predicting regolith behavior. OCR* quantifies how micrometeorite impacts, thermal cycling, and electrostatic forces have overconsolidated the regolith, explaining why Apollo cores show OCR* > 1 at all depths >10 cm. LRC translates this into five actionable zones (L1–L5), turning uncertainty into design certainty.You’ll learn how to:Select optimal sites using OCR*-based maps (e.g., de Gerlache Rim vs. Shackleton),Size foundations and pads using OCR*-derived bearing capacity and settlement models,Reduce dust mitigation power by 70% by targeting L3 regolith (OCR* = 1.6–2.2),Specify robotic excavators (CUC-300 class) with productivity, wear, and power budgets tied to LRC,Mitigate gassy ground risks using lessons from Firefly’s Blue Ghost and LISTER.No speculation. No analogies stretched beyond breaking. This is geotechnical engineering, recalibrated for the Moon, with equations, workflows, tables, and Apollo-validated standards.Written by a geotechnical engineer with 30+ years of terrestrial experience, this book is the essential field guide for:NASA, ESA, and CLPS mission architects,Lunar infrastructure contractors (Axiom, Intuitive Machines, ispace),ISRU and robotics developers,Civil engineers transitioning to space.Build with confidence. The Moon is not “just dirt.” It’s a processed, overconsolidated material, and now, for the first time, we know how to engineer it. Read more