Computer Science
Scientific paper
Dec 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994jbis...47..543p&link_type=abstract
British Interplanetary Society, Journal (ISSN 0007-094X), vol. 47, no. 12, p. 543-548
Computer Science
Lunar Bases, Lunar Excavation Equipment, Lunar Mining, Space Industrialization, Construction, Lunar Environment, Lunar Resources, Mines (Excavations), Technology Utilization
Scientific paper
The construct and operation of a permanent lunar base will require much larger quantities of construction materials and consumable resources than can be economically transported from Earth. Lunar resource utilization will, therefore, become a necessity. Surface and underground mining will be required to extract the resources needed for the daily operation of the lunar base and to construct an infrastructure that supports lunar industrialization. The harsh lunar environment will also require safe and secure shelters. An underground lunar base and mine must be considered as a desirable combination, since the underground mining would create additional sheltered space for the base. Mining technology has been adapted to extreme terrestrial environments and researchers have developed telerobotic and automated mining method. U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) studies have shown that advanced terrestrial mining technology could be adapted for lunar resource utilization and that mining will play an important role in accomplishing the goals of a permanent self-sustained lunar settlement. Advanced extraterrestrial mining technology will facilitate lunar industrialization and also drive evolutionary and novel product development on Earth.
Podnieks Egons R.
Siekmeier John A.
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