Lunar vertical-shaft mining system

Details Lunar vertical-shaft mining system Lunar vertical-shaft mining system

Mar 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994stin...9513497i&link_type=abstract

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Computer Science

Drilling, Exploitation, Lunar Excavation Equipment, Lunar Mining, Materials Handling, Mineral Deposits, Construction, Domes (Structural Forms), Drills, Lunar Resources, Structural Design

Scientific paper

This report proposes a method that will allow lunar vertical-shaft mining. Lunar mining allows the exploitation of mineral resources imbedded within the surface. The proposed lunar vertical-shaft mining system is comprised of five subsystems: structure, materials handling, drilling, mining, and planning. The structure provides support for the exploration and mining equipment in the lunar environment. The materials handling subsystem moves mined material outside the structure and mining and drilling equipment inside the structure. The drilling process bores into the surface for the purpose of collecting soil samples, inserting transducer probes, or locating ore deposits. Once the ore deposits are discovered and pinpointed, mining operations bring the ore to the surface. The final subsystem is planning, which involves the construction of the mining structure.

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