Challenges and Perspectives of Information and Control Technology for Cislunar Space Exploration and Development

Abstract

Cislunar space, as the first station for mankind to go into space, will be the main destination and outpost of space missions for a long period of time in the future. During the course of the cislunar space exploration and development, information and control technology will play an important role. In view of the object scope and mission background of cislunar space exploration and development, this paper firstly summarizes the mission characteristics, i.e. farther, longer, more and complex, and then analyzes the requirements and challenges for information and control technology. After that, the strategy including intelligent algorithm, open architecture, cloud-enabled information and reliable flight is proposed. Finally, several prospectives are given to deal with some issues in future large-scale cislunar space exploration and development.