A conceptual open pit mine architecture for the Moon environment

• Autorzy: Seweryn Karol , Kolusz Adam , Świca Izabela , Tkacz Arkadiusz , Gallina Alberto , Katzer Jacek , Kobaka Janusz , Konecny Petr , Młynarczyk Przemysław

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DOI

10.2478/arsa-2024-0002

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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In situ resource utilization (ISRU) activities are receiving increasing attention, both from space agencies and among the international science and industrial community. Prominent examples of ongoing ISRU space programs are the NASA Artemis program and the Terrae Novae program run by the European Space Agency. In technical sciences, there are at least three groups of activities related to ISRU: prospecting bodies in the context of space missions, technological investigations related to surface infrastructure and operations, and conceptual analyses of future mining activities. The present paper belongs to the third group and brings new insights into a potential open pit mine operating on the Moon. There are several novel contributions: the definition of the objectives of the mine, based on economic indicators; a conceptual description of a pit architecture dedicated to excavating ilmenite-rich feedstock; and a qualitative and quantitative description of the chosen processes and the mine’s topology. In the paper, there are also added links to other papers connected with ISRU activities.

Słowa kluczowe

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lunar open pit mine; space resource utilization; lunar regolith; mine architecture

• Wydawca: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych PAN ; De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Artificial Satellites : Journal of Planetary Geodesy
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 59, No. 1
• Strony: 11--41
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 71 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

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Seweryn Karol

• Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Science (CBK PAN), Warsaw, Poland

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Kolusz Adam

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Krakow, Kraków, Poland

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Świca Izabela

• Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

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Tkacz Arkadiusz

• Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Science (CBK PAN), Warsaw, Poland

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Gallina Alberto

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Krakow, Kraków, Poland

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Katzer Jacek

• Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

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Kobaka Janusz

• Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

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Konecny Petr

• Faculty of Civil Engineering, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

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Młynarczyk Przemysław

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Krakow, Kraków, Poland
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Kraków University of Technology, Kraków, Poland

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