Robotic lunar surface operations: Engineering analysis for the design, emplacement, checkout and performance of robotic lunar surface systems

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Jan 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990stin...9220901w&link_type=abstract

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Computer Science

Robotics

Lunar Bases, Lunar Surface, Planetary Surfaces, Robotics, Space Logistics, Costs, Human Performance, Liquid Oxygen, Lunar Rocks, Maintenance, Regolith, Reliability, Rocket Propellants, Viking Lander Spacecraft

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The assembly, emplacement, checkout, operation, and maintenance of equipment on planetary surfaces are all part of expanding human presence out into the solar system. A single point design, a reference scenario, is presented for lunar base operations. An initial base, barely more than an output, which starts from nothing but then quickly grows to sustain people and produce rocket propellant. The study blended three efforts: conceptual design of all required surface systems; assessments of contemporary developments in robotics; and quantitative analyses of machine and human tasks, delivery and work schedules, and equipment reliability. What emerged was a new, integrated understanding of hot to make a lunar base happen. The overall goal of the concept developed was to maximize return, while minimizing cost and risk. The base concept uses solar power. Its primary industry is the production of liquid oxygen for propellant, which it extracts from native lunar regolith. Production supports four lander flights per year, and shuts down during the lunar nighttime while maintenance is performed.

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