Space Resources: Mine, Manufacture, Maintain

Space will not become sustainable by resupplying everything from Earth. Space Resources: Mine, Manufacture, Maintain explores how extracting and using materials beyond our planet reshapes the economics and feasibility of long-term space activity.
This book takes an infrastructure-and-industry perspective. It examines how water, metals, and regolith from the Moon, asteroids, and other bodies support fuel production, construction, and life support. The focus is on *use*, not ownership—how resources enable presence rather than profit alone.
Rather than futuristic promises, the book analyzes practical pathways: in-situ resource utilization, on-orbit manufacturing, and maintenance of space assets. Readers learn why logistics dominate space cost, how local materials change mission design, and where technical and legal challenges intersect.
This book explores:
• Why space activity depends on local resources
• How mining supports fuel, habitats, and repair
• Why manufacturing in space changes scale economics
• Where law and governance lag capability
• How maintenance enables permanence beyond Earth
This book is for engineers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and strategists thinking beyond one-off missions. If space is to be lived in—not just visited—this book shows how resources make permanence possible.