TY - GEN
T1 - The Impact of a Landing Mishap on a Lunar Base and Mitigation Strategies
AU - Verma, Vivek
AU - Wilson, Drew
AU - Thangavelautham, Jekan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Once the work to establish a Lunar Base begins, it will be receiving regular supplies from the Earth, resulting in frequent landings and take-offs from the landing pad of the Lunar Base to provide it with necessary supplies. The landers have the potential to pose a threat to the nearby structures of the Lunar base in the case of an explosion. Moreover, in the upcoming mission, the spacecraft's landing on the Moon is going to be more sophisticated and massive than the Apollo. The Artemis landers will be around 20-60 MT, which is 2-6 times more massive than the Apollo lunar module. The massive landers come at the cost of more intricate systems suspected to have a larger chance of failure. In addition, the plume from the landers excites the regolith beneath it, and as a result, the regolith is ejected, covering the surroundings. A blast wall design is proposed to shield the Lunar base from plausible dangerous events and reduce the damage caused. The design takes into account the momentum transfer from the regolith and blast fragments, along with the area influenced by the regolith ejecta. The works also included different material options along with construction options.
AB - Once the work to establish a Lunar Base begins, it will be receiving regular supplies from the Earth, resulting in frequent landings and take-offs from the landing pad of the Lunar Base to provide it with necessary supplies. The landers have the potential to pose a threat to the nearby structures of the Lunar base in the case of an explosion. Moreover, in the upcoming mission, the spacecraft's landing on the Moon is going to be more sophisticated and massive than the Apollo. The Artemis landers will be around 20-60 MT, which is 2-6 times more massive than the Apollo lunar module. The massive landers come at the cost of more intricate systems suspected to have a larger chance of failure. In addition, the plume from the landers excites the regolith beneath it, and as a result, the regolith is ejected, covering the surroundings. A blast wall design is proposed to shield the Lunar base from plausible dangerous events and reduce the damage caused. The design takes into account the momentum transfer from the regolith and blast fragments, along with the area influenced by the regolith ejecta. The works also included different material options along with construction options.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2024-2370
DO - 10.2514/6.2024-2370
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85196199230
SN - 9781624107115
T3 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
BT - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
Y2 - 8 January 2024 through 12 January 2024
ER -