Feasibility of mining lunar resources for earth use: Circa 2000 AD. Volume 2: Technical discussion

Feasibility of mining lunar resources for earth use: Circa 2000 AD. Volume 2: Technical discussion

The technologies and systems required to establish the mining base, mine, refine, and return lunar resources to earth are discussed. Gross equipment requirements, their weights and costs are estimated and documented. The operational requirements are analyzed and tabulated. Diagrams of equipment and...

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Hauptverfasser: Nishioka, K., Arno, R. D., Alexander, A. D., Slye, R. E.
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
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Space Sciences
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Zusammenfassung:The technologies and systems required to establish the mining base, mine, refine, and return lunar resources to earth are discussed. Gross equipment requirements, their weights and costs are estimated and documented. The operational requirements are analyzed and tabulated. Diagrams of equipment and processing facilities are provided.