Developing efficient approaches to building a suitable environment for humans on the moon play a key role in future long-term sustainable lunar exploration activities,which has motivated many countries to propose dive...Developing efficient approaches to building a suitable environment for humans on the moon play a key role in future long-term sustainable lunar exploration activities,which has motivated many countries to propose diverse plans to build a lunar base.The lava tubes discovered by the Kaguya mission offer huge potential sites to host such bases.Through computation and analysis,we show that lunar lava tubes offer stable structures,suitable temperatures,low radiation doses,and low meteorite impact rates.We summarize previous research results and put forward the conditions to find and use a suitable lunar lava tube for human habitation on the moon.The establishment of extraterrestrial bases still faces many technical bottlenecks;many countries have begun to use the earth’s environment for extraterrestrial exploration and simulation missions.In this regard,we proposed the idea of using the Earth’s karst caves to simulate extraterrestrial lava tubes,selected caves in Chongqing as the simulation site,and demonstrated the feasibility from both structural and environmental aspects.Finally,we proposed a karst cave simulation platform with three main research directions:cave sealing technology,efficient daylight system,and internal circulation research of artificial ecosystems containing natural soil and rock.We hope to promote the development of related research on extraterrestrial bases through simulation experiments.展开更多
基金Gengxin Xie acknowledges the supports by The Third Preresearch Projects of the Civil Space Project from China National Space Administration(CNSA),“The Key Technology for the Construction of Micro-Ecospheres Adapted to the Lunar Environment”(NO.6141A020221)Ministry of Education Equipment Pre-research Joint Fund of the Ministry of Education,“The Key Technologies for the Construction and Control of Bioregenerative Life Support Systems”(NO.8091B010103).
文摘Developing efficient approaches to building a suitable environment for humans on the moon play a key role in future long-term sustainable lunar exploration activities,which has motivated many countries to propose diverse plans to build a lunar base.The lava tubes discovered by the Kaguya mission offer huge potential sites to host such bases.Through computation and analysis,we show that lunar lava tubes offer stable structures,suitable temperatures,low radiation doses,and low meteorite impact rates.We summarize previous research results and put forward the conditions to find and use a suitable lunar lava tube for human habitation on the moon.The establishment of extraterrestrial bases still faces many technical bottlenecks;many countries have begun to use the earth’s environment for extraterrestrial exploration and simulation missions.In this regard,we proposed the idea of using the Earth’s karst caves to simulate extraterrestrial lava tubes,selected caves in Chongqing as the simulation site,and demonstrated the feasibility from both structural and environmental aspects.Finally,we proposed a karst cave simulation platform with three main research directions:cave sealing technology,efficient daylight system,and internal circulation research of artificial ecosystems containing natural soil and rock.We hope to promote the development of related research on extraterrestrial bases through simulation experiments.
