(1) Establishing ISRU technologies on planetary bodies is an important long-term goal of NASA; (2) Excavation is a key component of these ISRU processes; (3) Lack of flight data relevant to lunar excavation; (4) Existing models of the excavation-cutting phenomenon give varying results; (5) The lack of predictive models of the dynamic behavior of soils in excavation implements is a major driver for these studies; and (6) Objective: Need to develop robust models of excavation cutting phenomena that generate predictive capabilities to aid the designer and engineer.


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    Title :

    Lunar Excavation Experiments in Simulant Soil Test Beds-Revisiting the Surveyor Geotechnical Data


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    Conference:

    ASCE Earth and Space 212 Conference ; 2012 ; Pasadena, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2012-04-15


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English