Automation of lunar mining and manufacturing facility maintenance and repair is addressed. Designing the factory as an automated, multiproduct, remotely controlled, reprogrammable Lunar Manufacturing Facility capable of constructing duplicates of itself which would themselves be capable of further replication is proposed.


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    Title :

    Replicating systems concepts: Self-replicating lunar factory and demonstration



    Publication date :

    1982-11-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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