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Aqua-Lune: Water Prospecting and Reclamation of Volatiles on the Moon

Aqua-Lune: Water Prospecting and Reclamation of Volatiles on the Moon. Kurt Seefeldt ASTE 527. Dry and Void?. The dark blue and purple areas at the moons poles indicate neutron emissions that are consistent with hydrogen-rich deposits covered by desiccated regolith. . Paul Spudis.

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Aqua-Lune: Water Prospecting and Reclamation of Volatiles on the Moon

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  1. Aqua-Lune: Water Prospecting and Reclamation of Volatiles on the Moon Kurt Seefeldt ASTE 527

  2. Dry and Void?

  3. The dark blue and purple areas at the moons poles indicate neutron emissions that are consistent with hydrogen-rich deposits covered by desiccated regolith.

  4. Paul Spudis

  5. What does this mean? It’s in our blood

  6. In-Situ Resourcing Live off the Land

  7. Water Uses

  8. “Boots on the Ground”

  9. Aqua-Lune ‘Origin’ Explorer Adaptable/Universal System Off the Shelf Components Specific Locations On-Site Exploration Range Durable Cost Effective

  10. “Boots on the Ground” Multiple Rovers Multiple Directions Solar orFuel Cell Powered

  11. MSL Type Rovers

  12. Power Supply Temperature Sustainability Durability Adequacy RTG Stirling or ASRG ~4 times the efficiency.

  13. Virtually constant coverage More missions mean more satellites Eventual complete/uninterrupted coverage

  14. ANDY TURNER

  15. No weather A true space-faring civilization Hydrogen Cold-traps Greenhouses Extreme sports Constant access Metals 1/6th gravity Crater history Glass Human factors GEO assets Neighborhood watch Oxygen Solar power satellites Solar power towers Radio silence Solar mirrors Vacuum Volatiles Free-flyer platforms

  16. END ?

  17. Why are we searching for water? Moon Base Industrial Use Exploration Science

  18. How have we found it thus far?

  19. Planned Missions ESA India US/NASA Google Lunar X Prize Google Lunar X Prize NASA Moon Express / Hopper

  20. Aqua-Lune “Origin” Expedition

  21. Communications Transmission & Reception Access Effectiveness Location!

  22. END: All following slides are storage

  23. In-Situ Resourcing

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