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Analysis of requirements and propellant management strategies for a lunar nano drone.
Rel. Paolo Maggiore, Stefano Pescaglia, Giuseppe Bortolato. Politecnico di Torino, Master of science program in Aerospace Engineering, 2023
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In recent years, there has been a significant surge in lunar exploration efforts, driven by initiatives like NASA's Artemis program and ESA's Terrae Novae exploration program. One notable accomplishment is India's Chandrayaan-3 mission, which successfully executed a soft landing on the lunar surface, distinguishing it from recent missions like Russia's Luna-25, HAKUTO-R M1 by the Japanese company ispace, and Israeli SpaceIL's Beresheet. Additionally, upcoming lunar expeditions involve private companies like Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic, operating as part of the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. This program coordinates multiple precursor robotic missions aimed at investigating and characterizing promising lunar sites and testing in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technologies.
Of particular interest are lunar lava tubes, potentially valuable for human habitat creation, and the polar regions, especially the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs), which show potential for ISRU
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