국내 최대 기계 및 로봇 연구정보

기술보고서

기술보고서 게시판 내용
타이틀	Field Scale Testing of RESOLVE at 2010 ISRU Analog Test
저자	Captain, Janine E.;; Quinn, J. W.;; Moss, T. J.;; Weis, K. H.
Keyword	FIELD TESTS;; FUEL CELLS;; HYDROGEN;; IN SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION;; LUNAR BASES;; LUNAR CRATERS;; LUNAR EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT;; LUNAR RESOURCES;; LUNAR ROCKS;; OXYGEN;; WATER
URL	http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20110001573
보고서번호	KSC-2010-104
발행년도	2010
출처	NTRS (NASA Technical Report Server)
ABSTRACT	When mankind returns to the moon, there will be one aspect of the architecture that will totally change how we explore the solar system. For the first time in space exploration, we will take the initial steps towards breaking our reliance on Earth-supplied consumables by extracting resources from planetary bodies. Our first efforts in this area, known as In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), will be directed at extracting some of the abundant oxygen found in the lunar regolith. But the "holy grail" of lunar ISRU will be finding an exploitable source of lunar hydrogen. If we can find a source of hydrogen that can be reasonably extracted from the regolith, it would provide a foundation for true independence from Earth consumables. With in-situ hydrogen and oxygen (and/or water) we can produce many of the major consumables needed to travel to and operate on a sustainable lunar outpost. We would have water to drink, oxygen to breath, and rocket propellants and fuel cell reagents to enable extended access and operations across the moon. NASA initiated development of an experiment package named RESOLVE (Regolith & Environment Science and Oxygen & Lunar Volatile Extraction) that could be flown to the rim or into a permanently shadowed crater to answer the questions surrounding elevated hydrogen at the lunar poles.