Initial planetary base construction techniques and machine implementation

Details Initial planetary base construction techniques and machine implementation Initial planetary base construction techniques and machine implementation

Jun 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987asee....1.....c&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/American Society for Engineering E

Computer Science

Construction, Materials Handling, Planetary Bases, Planetary Composition, Planetary Environments, Robots, Elastic Properties, Hot Pressing, Melting, Regolith, Soils, Space Commercialization, Space Processing, Stress Analysis

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Conceptual designs of (1) initial planetary base structures, and (2) an unmanned machine to perform the construction of these structures using materials local to the planet are presented. Rock melting is suggested as a possible technique to be used by the machine in fabricating roads, platforms, and interlocking bricks. Identification of problem areas in machine design and materials processing is accomplished. The feasibility of the designs is contingent upon favorable results of an analysis of the engineering behavior of the product materials. The analysis requires knowledge of several parameters for solution of the constitutive equations of the theory of elasticity. An initial collection of these parameters is presented which helps to define research needed to perform a realistic feasibility study. A qualitative approach to estimating power and mass lift requirements for the proposed machine is used which employs specifications of currently available equipment. An initial, unmanned mission scenario is discussed with emphasis on identifying uncompleted tasks and suggesting design considerations for vehicles and primitive structures which use the products of the machine processing.

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