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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2018.19.7.144

Trend Analysis of Lunar Exploration Missions for Lunar Base Construction  

Hong, Sungchul (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.7, 2018 , pp. 144-152 More about this Journal
Abstract
Lunar exploration, which was led by the United States and the former Soviet Union, ceased in the 1970s. On the other hand, since massive lunar ice deposits and rare resources were found in 1990s, European Union, China, Japan, and India began to participate in lunar exploration to secure future lunar resource as well as to construct a lunar base. In the near future, it is expected that national space agencies and private industries will participate in the lunar exploration together. Their missions will include the exploration and sample return of lunar resources. Lunar resources have a close relationship with the lunar in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). To construct a lunar base, it is inevitable to bring huge amounts of resources from Earth. Water and oxygen, however, will need to be produced from local lunar resources and lunar terrain feature will need to be used to construct the lunar base. Therefore, in this paper, the global trends on lunar exploration and lunar construction technology are investigated and compared along with the ISRU technology to support human exploration and construct a lunar base on the Moon's surface.
Keywords
Lunar Exploration; In-Situ Resource Utilization; Lunar Resource; Lunar Base; Lunar Construction;
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