What's the Best Way to Build Landing Pads on the Moon? universetoday storybywill
Artist’s rendering of a Starship taking off from a lunar base. Credit: SpaceX
“I was surprised that the complexity and reliability of the construction process did not play a larger role. A complex system will need about 50% more up-front investment to make it as reliable as the simpler methods, and a 50% cost increase sounds like a lot, but compared to the cost of lunar transportation and the loss of value if you delay doing things on the Moon, it turns out that 50% more development cost is utterly inconsequential.
They further found that the thickness of the pads, the thermal environment , and the launch cadence of the lunar program were also important factors in establishing practical limits on construction time. In short, the cost-effectiveness of each method comes down to the cost per kilo of launching payloads and the speed of construction. They considered several based on the energy requirements and how this would vary depending on the thermal environment.
“We converted everything into a real cost: the cost of transporting mass from Earth; the cost of energy delivered on the Moon; the loss of economic value if we take a long time doing construction. Putting it all together we could see which construction methods provide the best value to lunar operations.”They found that microwave sintering provided the best combination of low mass and high speed compared to other methods.
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