AMORE - Mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat
Throughout the last decade a renewed interest for lunar space exploration has been expressed through the announcements of many ambitious missions such as Artemis. Annually the Space Station Design Workshop (SSDW) tasks students and young professionals to design a space station concept in a con-curre...
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ftupcatalunyair:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/371006 2023-05-15T18:23:20+02:00 AMORE - Mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat Joshi, Apoorva Korn, Christian Magkos, Michail Amara, Yassin Anil, Abhishek Bhattacherjee, Souktik Dargent de Vicente, Sisinio Haffmans, Patrick Heinz, Nicolas Hinkel, Andrea Karakas, Merve Kolchin, Aleksandar Mani, Vipul Skrypnyk, Ilja Stadtmüller, Anne 2022-04-29 6 p. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2117/371006 https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.071 eng eng Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Joshi, A. [et al.]. AMORE - Mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat. A: "4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities". Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022, 9788419184405 http://hdl.handle.net/2117/371006 doi:10.5821/conference-9788419184405.071 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Open Access CC-BY-NC-ND Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica Moon -- Exploration Space stations Outer space -- Exploration Moon Lunar-base Space-exploration ISRU Self-sustainability SSDW AMORE Lluna -- Exploració Estacions espacials Espai exterior -- Exploració Conference lecture 2022 ftupcatalunyair https://doi.org/10.5821/conference-9788419184405.071 2022-07-26T23:05:34Z Throughout the last decade a renewed interest for lunar space exploration has been expressed through the announcements of many ambitious missions such as Artemis. Annually the Space Station Design Workshop (SSDW) tasks students and young professionals to design a space station concept in a con-current engineering environment. In line with the elevated interest on the Moon this year's SSDW was centred around a self-sustainable lunar habitat. This paper presents the conceptual design of Team Blue at the SSDW 2021. Advanced Moon Operations and Resource Extraction (AMORE) is conceptu-alized as a public-private cooperation for the creation of a lunar platform that acts as an outpost for human exploration and robotic In-situ Resources Utilization (ISRU). AMORE’s proposed location is near the rim of Shackleton Crater at the Lunar South Pole. This location provides opportunities in science and ISRU and favourable sun coverage and thermal conditions. The terrain offers a natural shield for debris and storage advantages for ISRU. The mission architecture allows for incremental crew size increase through a modular dome structure, an initial prioritization of ISRU and a sustainable resource management strategy. Based on the identified system requirements, the initial configuration envisions one core module and two modular structures that would serve as greenhouses or living spaces. The phasing of the base assembly is designed to allow for adequate conditions of an increasing crew size capacity. The greenhouse modules are designed to provide all required oxygen and most required food supply. The modules are constructed using lightweight inflatable structures, while a regolith shell will provide radiation as well as thermal and micrometeorite protection. For reliable communication, a cus-tom relay network named Lunar Earth Telecommand Telemetry Relay (LETTER) is proposed. The mis-sion architecture analysis includes several methods to financially utilize the mission. These include a range of services on the lunar surface such ... Conference Object South pole Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech: UPCommons - Global access to UPC knowledge Shackleton South Pole Sion ENVELOPE(13.758,13.758,66.844,66.844) 4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities |
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Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica Moon -- Exploration Space stations Outer space -- Exploration Moon Lunar-base Space-exploration ISRU Self-sustainability SSDW AMORE Lluna -- Exploració Estacions espacials Espai exterior -- Exploració |
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Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica Moon -- Exploration Space stations Outer space -- Exploration Moon Lunar-base Space-exploration ISRU Self-sustainability SSDW AMORE Lluna -- Exploració Estacions espacials Espai exterior -- Exploració Joshi, Apoorva Korn, Christian Magkos, Michail Amara, Yassin Anil, Abhishek Bhattacherjee, Souktik Dargent de Vicente, Sisinio Haffmans, Patrick Heinz, Nicolas Hinkel, Andrea Karakas, Merve Kolchin, Aleksandar Mani, Vipul Skrypnyk, Ilja Stadtmüller, Anne AMORE - Mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat |
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Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica Moon -- Exploration Space stations Outer space -- Exploration Moon Lunar-base Space-exploration ISRU Self-sustainability SSDW AMORE Lluna -- Exploració Estacions espacials Espai exterior -- Exploració |
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Throughout the last decade a renewed interest for lunar space exploration has been expressed through the announcements of many ambitious missions such as Artemis. Annually the Space Station Design Workshop (SSDW) tasks students and young professionals to design a space station concept in a con-current engineering environment. In line with the elevated interest on the Moon this year's SSDW was centred around a self-sustainable lunar habitat. This paper presents the conceptual design of Team Blue at the SSDW 2021. Advanced Moon Operations and Resource Extraction (AMORE) is conceptu-alized as a public-private cooperation for the creation of a lunar platform that acts as an outpost for human exploration and robotic In-situ Resources Utilization (ISRU). AMORE’s proposed location is near the rim of Shackleton Crater at the Lunar South Pole. This location provides opportunities in science and ISRU and favourable sun coverage and thermal conditions. The terrain offers a natural shield for debris and storage advantages for ISRU. The mission architecture allows for incremental crew size increase through a modular dome structure, an initial prioritization of ISRU and a sustainable resource management strategy. Based on the identified system requirements, the initial configuration envisions one core module and two modular structures that would serve as greenhouses or living spaces. The phasing of the base assembly is designed to allow for adequate conditions of an increasing crew size capacity. The greenhouse modules are designed to provide all required oxygen and most required food supply. The modules are constructed using lightweight inflatable structures, while a regolith shell will provide radiation as well as thermal and micrometeorite protection. For reliable communication, a cus-tom relay network named Lunar Earth Telecommand Telemetry Relay (LETTER) is proposed. The mis-sion architecture analysis includes several methods to financially utilize the mission. These include a range of services on the lunar surface such ... |
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Joshi, Apoorva Korn, Christian Magkos, Michail Amara, Yassin Anil, Abhishek Bhattacherjee, Souktik Dargent de Vicente, Sisinio Haffmans, Patrick Heinz, Nicolas Hinkel, Andrea Karakas, Merve Kolchin, Aleksandar Mani, Vipul Skrypnyk, Ilja Stadtmüller, Anne |
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Joshi, Apoorva Korn, Christian Magkos, Michail Amara, Yassin Anil, Abhishek Bhattacherjee, Souktik Dargent de Vicente, Sisinio Haffmans, Patrick Heinz, Nicolas Hinkel, Andrea Karakas, Merve Kolchin, Aleksandar Mani, Vipul Skrypnyk, Ilja Stadtmüller, Anne |
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AMORE - Mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat |
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AMORE - Mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat |
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AMORE - Mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat |
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amore - mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat |
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya |
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2022 |
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Joshi, A. [et al.]. AMORE - Mission concept overview for a progressively independent and self-sustainable lunar habitat. A: "4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities". Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022, 9788419184405 http://hdl.handle.net/2117/371006 doi:10.5821/conference-9788419184405.071 |
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