Use of explosives on the moon

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Jan 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jaere...5...59d&link_type=abstract

Journal of Aerospace Engineering (ISSN 0893-1321), vol. 5, Jan. 1992, p. 59-69.

Physics

Explosives, Lunar Mining, Lunar Soil, Lunar Surface, Earth Gravitation, Excavation, Lunar Bases

Scientific paper

The utilization of explosives for excavation on the lunar surface is under serious consideration as a part of the design for construction of temporary and permanent bases. An excavation research program has shown that small-scale explosives blasting in a lunar-soil simulant will greatly reduce the digging forces required for scoop and dragline excavators. Some crater-blasting parameters were determined for the lunar soil simulant at one earth gravity and at 10 earth gravities using a centrifuge. The size of the craters produced at 10 earth gs matched those formed at one earth g by scaling according to the weight of the explosive. These data can be applied to explosive-excavation problems such as habitat construction, burial of nuclear power sources, and the rapid construction of shelters remote from the main base to shield against solar-flare activity.

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