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Estimation of the Needed Regolith for Covering Lunar Habitat by Protective Layer

Published:2023-12-01 Issue:s1 Volume:58 Page:249-255
ISSN:2083-6104
Container-title:Artificial Satellites
language:en
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Author:

Konečný Petr¹,Katzer Jacek²,Kobaka Janusz²,Seweryn Karol³

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Civil Engineering , VSB – Technical University of Ostrava , Ostrava , Czech Republic

2. Faculty of Geoengineering , University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn , Olsztyn , Poland

3. Centrum Badań Kosmicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk (CBK PAN) , Warsaw , Poland

Abstract

Abstract The article deals with estimation of the amount of regolith to be mined with respect to the preparation of lunar habitat. Estimation of the size of the pit is related to the overlay of regolith for habitat made of a composite concrete-like structure. The evaluation is based on the number of inhabitants, necessary floor area, and the considered structure that is made of three segments. The first segment is a linear vault with a half cylinder cross section ending with a half sphere on both sides of the vault. Elementary formulas for the computation of volume of cylinder and sphere are applied.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/arsa-2023-0026

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