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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.6.669

Geographic Distribution Analysis of Lunar In-situ Resource and Topography to Construct Lunar Base  

Hong, Sungchul (Department of Future Technology and Convergence Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Kim, Young-Jae (Department of Future Technology and Convergence Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Seo, Myungbae (Department of Future Technology and Convergence Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Shin, Hyu-Soung (Department of Future Technology and Convergence Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.19, no.6, 2018 , pp. 669-676 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the Moon's scientific, technological, and economic value has increased, major space agencies around the world are leading lunar exploration projects by establishing a road map to develop lunar resources and to construct a lunar base. In addition, as the lunar base construction requires huge amounts of resources from the Earth, lunar in-situ construction technology is being developed to produce construction materials from local lunar resources. On the other hand, the characteristics of lunar topography and resources vary spatially due to the crustal and volcanic activities inside the Moon as well as the solar wind and meteorites from outside the Moon. Therefore, in this paper, the geospatial analysis of lunar resource distribution was conducted to suggest regional consideration factors to apply the lunar in situ construction technologies. In addition, the lunar topographic condition to select construction sites was suggested to ensure the safe landing of a lunar lander and the easy maneuvering of a rover. The lunar topographic and resource information mainly from lunar orbiters were limited to the lunar surface with a low spatial resolution. Rover-based lunar exploration in the near future is expected to provide valuable information to develop lunar in situ construction technology and select candidate sites for lunar base construction.
Keywords
Geographic Information System; Geospatial Analysis; Lunar Exploration; Lunar In Situ Construction; Remote Sensing;
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