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A Review of the Candidate Areas and Missions for Lunar Landing Sites based on NASA Workshop & Overseas Landing Missions

NASA 워크숍 및 해외 착륙임무에 기반한 달 착륙 후보 지역과 임무에 대한 고찰

  • Received : 2021.10.13
  • Accepted : 2021.11.04
  • Published : 2021.11.30
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Abstract

Korea plans to send a pathfinder lunar orbiter to the Moon for the first time in August 2022. And according to the 3rd Basic Plan for Space Development Promotion, the plan is to send a lunar lander to the Moon before 2030. The selection of the lunar landing area can be varied depending on the lunar lander's mission, therefore preliminary research on the lunar landing sites is essential for a successful lunar exploration mission design. This paper analyzed the characteristics of major regions among 14 proposed regions using NASA's MoonTrek based on the data on the candidate areas for the major moon landing proposed sites by the NASA workshop in 2018. And we looked into what kind of future moon landing missions are suitable for these areas. We also looked at the importance of lunar Antarctica area through the recent lunar landing areas of Moon landing countries and Artemis plan.

우리나라는 2022년 8월 시험용 달 궤도선을 처음으로 달에 보낼 계획이다. 그리고 제3차 우주개발 진흥 기본계획을 통해서 밝힌 바에 따르면 이후 2030년 이전까지는 달 착륙선을 달에 보낸다는 계획이다. 달 착륙지역 선정에는 착륙선의 임무에 따라 적합한 착륙 지역이 달라질 수 있으며, 따라서 성공적인 달 탐사임무 설계를 위해서는 달 착륙지역에 대한 사전 연구가 반드시 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 2018년 NASA 워크숍에서 제안한 주요 달 착륙 후보지역에 대한 자료를 바탕으로 NASA의 MoonTrek을 이용하여 14개 제안 지역중 주요 지역의 특성을 분석하였다. 그리고 이런 지역이 향후 어떠한 달 착륙 임무에 적합한지 알아보았다. 또한 최근 달 착륙 국가들의 달 착륙 지역과 아르테미스(Artemis) 계획을 통해 달 남극의 중요성에 대해서도 알아 보았다.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 한국항공우주연구원의 기본사업인 '달 착륙 핵심기술 및 행성탐사 임무연구' 사업을 통해 수행되었으며, 지원에 감사드립니다.

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