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

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Selected Proceedings of the 6th Space Resources Conference (SRC 2023)

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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.

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  1. AGH University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland

    Weronika Binkowska, Adam Jan Zwierzyński & Przemysław Toczek

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Correspondence to Weronika Binkowska .

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  1. Space Technology Centre, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

    Agata Kołodziejczyk

  2. Faculty of Humanities, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

    Joanna Pyrkosz–Pacyna

  3. Department of Robotics and Mechatronics, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

    Krzysztof Grabowski

  4. Centre for Space Studies, Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland

    Katarzyna Malinowska

  5. Space Technology Centre, AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

    Olga Sergijenko

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Binkowska, W., Zwierzyński, A.J., Toczek, P. (2024). Analysis of Lunar Satellite Data for Site Selection for Future Commercial In-Situ Resource Reconnaissance Drilling Missions. In: Kołodziejczyk, A., Pyrkosz–Pacyna, J., Grabowski, K., Malinowska, K., Sergijenko, O. (eds) Selected Proceedings of the 6th Space Resources Conference. SRC 2023. Springer Aerospace Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53610-6_14

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