Planned activities at a manned lunar base can be categorized as supporting one or more of three possible objectives: scientific research, exploitation of lunar resources for use in building a space infrastructure, or attainment of self‐sufficiency in the lunar environment as a first step in planetary habitation. The cost and the complexity of the base, as well as the structure of the Space Transportation System are functions of the chosen long‐term strategy for the lunar mission. The promise of the Moon is not immediately evident from examination of the American space program. Depending on the long‐term objectives of the lunar base program, the detailed studies and the experimental plans start to diverge at this phase for different scenarios. Growth may occur by enlarging the number of experiments or products produced on the Moon, but a self‐sustaining capability is not included. The production base might develop toward a highly automated state where permanent occupancy was unnecessary.
Strategies for a Permanent Lunar Base
1989-01-01
13 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Strategies for a permanent lunar base
NTRS | 1989
|Strategies for a permanent lunar base
NTRS | 1985
|Elsevier | 1986
|Comparison of Heat Pumps for Permanent Lunar Base
AIAA | 2007
|Design of Adsorption Heat Pump for Permanent Lunar Base
AIAA | 2007
|