The Artemis Program mandate for sustainable, long-term presence on the Moon requires learning to "Live Off the Land". Geologic maps enable a paradigm shift to model the development and scaling of infrastructure for robotic and human exploration inside a bounded system on the lunar surface. Relying on geologic maps produced from orbital data and robotic precursor missions, in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) will be required to produce infrastructure, building materials and consumables. The ISRU value chain must be mapped to identify linkages of resources, producers, processes and equipment capabilities for transforming excavated regolith into usable feedstocks. Coordination will be required to balance supply and demand across the whole system of lunar infrastructure and operations, at each stage of development.
Geologic Maps for Civil Engineering and Infrastructure Planning
2023
12 pages
Report
No indication
English
Astronomy & Astrophysics , Extraterrestrial Exploration , Circular economy , Civil engineering , Geologic mapping , Isru , Living off the land , Lunar exploration , Lunar infrastructure , Lunar supply chain , Lunar surface construction , Lunar value chain , Materials data , Regolith construction , Regolith feedstocks , Resource mapping , Whole systems design
Civil engineering materials for transportation infrastructure
TIBKAT | 2023
|Crater age classification used on lunar geologic maps
NTRS | 1970
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