Conceptual Design of Lunar Surface In-Situ Resource Supply Station

Abstract

According to the requirements of major engineering tasks such as manned lunar landing，lunar base construction and lunar scientific research，the in-situ resource utilization technology was used to build a lunar surface resource supply station with certain material and energy supply capacity and break through key technologies such as in-situ water ice photo-thermal extraction, in-situ oxygen production, in-situ energy storage and power generation，and in-situ construction of the lunar surface，so as to realize the construction of residential protective cabins necessary for astronauts' lunar presence and activities and in-situ acquisition and supply of water oxygen，fuel and other materials, as well as light，heat， electricity and other energies，which will promote the development of China's lunar scientific research and development activities，and gradually realize lunar surface settlement and scientific research ability free from dependence on Earth's supply dependence.

Keywords

manned lunar landing / lunar base / resource station / in-situ resources utilization