Analysis of Lunar Satellite Data for Site Selection for Future Commercial In-Situ Resource Reconnaissance Drilling Missions

Water Ice deposits Microtrap Lunar exploration ISRU Lunar deposits Satellite data Rover's route
["Binkowska, Weronika","Zwierzynski, Adam Jan","Toczek, Przemyslaw"] 2024-01-01 期刊论文
The subject of the work is the analysis of satellite data in the database LROC: QuickMap. The article focuses on water ice deposits which could be converted into hydrogen or oxygen, among other things, and later used as a rocket fuel. The distribution of water ice deposits on the Moon is presented and a micro-trap on the Moon's south pole is proposed, which in the future could be an object for the exploration of water ice. An exit and descent route to the crater floor for the rover was also proposed, considering the degree of insolation and the degree of slope of the crater walls.
来源平台:SELECTED PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH SPACE RESOURCES CONFERENCE, KGK 2023