Design and Construction of Shielded Lunar OutpostSource: Journal of Aerospace Engineering:;1994:;Volume ( 007 ):;issue: 004DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(1994)7:4(417)Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The construction of an outpost on the Moon in which humans can live and work for periods exceeding six months will require special countermeasures to adapt to the hostile environment present at the lunar surface. Various inherent dangers such as meteoroids, galactic cosmic radiation, solar proton events, and large thermal extremes will drive the design configuration of the outpost. Other considerations such as lunar soil mechanics, equipment performance, mass delivery, risk, reliability, and tele‐operability act strongly as constraints that shape and control the design alternatives. Analysis of these fundamental relationships have resulted in lunar civil engineering guidelines, which are unique to this domain, and these in turn have pointed to research areas needing further attention. A preliminary design is presented for a lunar outpost shelter. Additionally, the design methodology is explored, and early enabling technologies are identified to facilitate an understanding of lunar shelter designs from an integrated system standpoint.
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contributor author | S. D. Jolly | |
contributor author | J. Happel | |
contributor author | S. Sture | |
date accessioned | 2017-05-08T22:18:20Z | |
date available | 2017-05-08T22:18:20Z | |
date copyright | October 1994 | |
date issued | 1994 | |
identifier other | 40169955.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/76932 | |
description abstract | The construction of an outpost on the Moon in which humans can live and work for periods exceeding six months will require special countermeasures to adapt to the hostile environment present at the lunar surface. Various inherent dangers such as meteoroids, galactic cosmic radiation, solar proton events, and large thermal extremes will drive the design configuration of the outpost. Other considerations such as lunar soil mechanics, equipment performance, mass delivery, risk, reliability, and tele‐operability act strongly as constraints that shape and control the design alternatives. Analysis of these fundamental relationships have resulted in lunar civil engineering guidelines, which are unique to this domain, and these in turn have pointed to research areas needing further attention. A preliminary design is presented for a lunar outpost shelter. Additionally, the design methodology is explored, and early enabling technologies are identified to facilitate an understanding of lunar shelter designs from an integrated system standpoint. | |
publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers | |
title | Design and Construction of Shielded Lunar Outpost | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 7 | |
journal issue | 4 | |
journal title | Journal of Aerospace Engineering | |
identifier doi | 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(1994)7:4(417) | |
tree | Journal of Aerospace Engineering:;1994:;Volume ( 007 ):;issue: 004 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |