motivation for couples to limit family size to the optimum for zero population growth. If population growth projections indicate a trend towards exceeding the carrying capacity, a significant proportion of lunar base production and labour should be directed toward construction of satellite lunar habitats to which portions of the population would move to become independently self-supporting and productive. 3. Social Control and Deviance Lunar colonization will be initiated for the puropose of exploiting lunar resources and unique lunar characteristics for the benefit of Earth nations. Such exploitation has, in the past, led to exploitation of populations; it is possible that the lunar population could be similarly exploited. Lunar colonies might be used as locations to which Earth's ‘undesirables' are transported and exiled, as has been done on Earth, or colonists could be placed at economic and political disadvantage with respect to the Earth nations that sponsor lunar development. Independent lunar colonies could be regarded as economic, political or military threats by nations on Earth, resulting in control of government, economy and life-support resources being maintained on Earth. Such eventualities are regarded as being undesirable by the panel and are seen as being potential sources of revolt if allowed to develop. In any large population there will be opportunities for deviation from formal rules and regulations and from informal social norms; there are also likely to be individuals who will take advantage of these opportunities to engage in deviant behaviour of various types. The panel foresees the possibility that lunar culture may place high value upon conformity and have little tolerance for deviance, with a law enforcement agency being one of the earliest institutions formed in lunar society. Most human behaviour may be controlled and regulated by government agencies, and prevention of deviance may become an overriding concern. The panel regards such developments as being highly undesirable and suggests that the culture should be tolerant of deviance to the extent that it does not interfere with the rights of others and the safety of the lunar community as a whole. 4. Social Organization Lunar development is likely to be justifiable only as an economically functional entity; this infers that there should not be a labour surplus and that all lunar inhabitants should be integrated into the work force. The panel favoured a permanent lunar work force despite the fact that a permanently settled worker population must include families, some members of which will not be active workers. The panel considered it undesirable to limit the work force to unmarried persons, married couples without children, or married people who are willing to be separated from their families on Earth. It was recognized, however, that a transient work force would be required for certain operations but the panel felt that it should be limited in size and that transient workers should be encouraged to migrate and become permanent lunar residents. Major effort should be directed toward integration of the maximum proportion of the population into the work force. In order to accomplish such occupational integration it may be desirable to develop a work/study educational system in which youths occupy active roles as both worker and student at the earliest possible age. It will be necessary to design facilities that are compatible with family living in order to induce workers and their families to make their homes permanently on the Moon; this should eventually include opportunities for individuals to purchase and
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