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http://dx.doi.org/10.14481/jkges.2022.23.12.41

In-Situ Resources Utilization Technologies for Human Activities on the Moon  

Geunu, Ryu (Korea Institute of Civil and Building Technology)
Byunghyun, Ryu (Korea Institute of Civil and Building Technology)
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Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society / v.23, no.12, 2022 , pp. 41-53 More about this Journal
Abstract
After industrialization has been started, mankind needs and consumes more resources. Now, the resources depletion is a serious problem in the Earth. However, there are infinite resources in the Space. Especially, the Moon is the closest planet and has much resources, including Helium-3 and rare earths, which are needed to human being in the future. Humanity needs to reside on the moon to harvest these resources. For the resident, much resources, such as food, construction, and industrial materials, are needed. However, to transport these resources to the Moon from the Earth, an astronomical cost should be consumed. Thus, research is underway to support human activities by procuring resources locally. This is called In-Situ Resources Utilization (ISRU), which is the essential technology for the space development. In this paper, the reason why ISRU is essential and the its status are introduced and future research projects will be explained.
Keywords
ISRU; Moon; Space craft; Resource; Lunar base;
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