Water Management Considerations for a Self-Sustaining Moonbase

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Main Authors: Lee, Jeffrey S., Yelderman, Joe C., Cleaver, Gerald B.
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Published: 2024
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author Lee, Jeffrey S.
Yelderman, Joe C.
Cleaver, Gerald B.
author_facet Lee, Jeffrey S.
Yelderman, Joe C.
Cleaver, Gerald B.
contents The most pragmatic first step in the all-but-inevitable 3rd-millennium Völkerwanderung of humanity throughout the Solar System is the establishment of a permanent human presence on the Moon. This research examines: 1. the human, agricultural, and technical water needs of a 100-person, 500 m x 100 m x 6 m self-sustaining lunar colony; 2. choosing a strategic location for the moonbase; 3. a heat drill model by which the needed lunar water ice could be sublimated; and 4. the robust water treatment and recovery infrastructure and water management personnel that would be needed for a self-sustaining moonbase.
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spellingShingle Water Management Considerations for a Self-Sustaining Moonbase
Lee, Jeffrey S.
Yelderman, Joe C.
Cleaver, Gerald B.
Physics and Society
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Popular Physics
The most pragmatic first step in the all-but-inevitable 3rd-millennium Völkerwanderung of humanity throughout the Solar System is the establishment of a permanent human presence on the Moon. This research examines: 1. the human, agricultural, and technical water needs of a 100-person, 500 m x 100 m x 6 m self-sustaining lunar colony; 2. choosing a strategic location for the moonbase; 3. a heat drill model by which the needed lunar water ice could be sublimated; and 4. the robust water treatment and recovery infrastructure and water management personnel that would be needed for a self-sustaining moonbase.
title Water Management Considerations for a Self-Sustaining Moonbase
topic Physics and Society
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Popular Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.14100