The best of MMM, by topic

MMM Classic Themes

Launched in July 2009, the Classic Themes collect three decades of MMM articles by subject — everything the newsletter said about Mars, or lavatubes, or the lunar economy, gathered into a single free PDF. If you are new to MMM, a theme collection on a topic you love is the best place to start.

  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Architecture & Construction

    Architecture & Construction

    Building on the Moon: shielding, modular architecture, hewn basalt, lavatube outfitting.

    PDF 9.8 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Arts & Crafts

    Arts & Crafts

    Culture on the frontier: local materials, arts, crafts, and everyday beauty made on the Moon.

    PDF 4.3 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Asteroids & Comets

    Asteroids & Comets

    Near-Earth and Main Belt asteroid resources, comet utilization, and asteroid-defense economics.

    PDF 2.7 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Earth

    Earth

    Spin-offs and lessons for Earth from lunar frontier technologies and thinking.

    PDF 1.6 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Eden on Luna

    Eden on Luna

    Environmental issues of lunar settlement — biospherics, agriculture, greening habitats, and making the Moon home.

    PDF 6.6 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Lavatubes

    Lavatubes

    Lunar lava tubes as ready-made pressurizable volumes for settlement and industry.

    PDF 4.0 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Legal Issues

    Legal Issues

    Property rights, treaties, governance, and law on the space frontier.

    PDF 2.4 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Lunar Analog Research

    Lunar Analog Research

    Earth-based analog stations and simulations preparing for lunar operations.

    PDF 3.6 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Lunar Economy

    Lunar Economy

    Frontier economics: exports, imports, industries, and how a settlement pays its way.

    PDF 7.4 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Mars

    Mars

    Mars-focused articles: one Mars theme issue ran each year, covering settlement, terraforming debates, and the Moon–Mars partnership.

    PDF 7.1 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Research

    Research

    Research the settlement will host and need: science on and of the Moon.

    PDF 4.1 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Select Editorials

    Select Editorials

    Peter Kokh's editorials — the philosophical backbone of the frontier-settlement vision.

    PDF 3.2 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Solar System Beyond

    Solar System Beyond

    Destinations past the Moon and Mars: Mercury, Venus, the outer moons, and beyond.

    PDF 4.1 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Space & Lunar Tourism

    Space & Lunar Tourism

    Lunar tourism as an early economic driver — hostels, tour routes, sports, and hospitality on the frontier.

    PDF 5.5 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Starbound

    Starbound

    Interstellar horizons — starship concepts and extra-solar destinations.

    PDF 2.8 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Surface Activities

    Surface Activities

    Work and play out on the surface: EVA, sports, exploration, and surface operations.

    PDF 10.7 MB
  • Cover of MMM Classic Theme: Transportation

    Transportation

    Getting there and getting around: launch systems, surface mobility, tramways, and ferries.

    PDF 3.8 MB