Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)
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出版者
日本航空宇宙学会(JSASS)
出版者（英）
The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS)
雑誌名
第58回宇宙科学技術連合講演会講演集
雑誌名(英)
Proceedings of 58th Space Sciences and Technology Conference
In 2009, the Selenological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE, nicknamed Kaguya) discovered a vertical hole of ～60 m diameter and ～50 m depth in the Marius Hills region on the Moon. After the discovery, two other more gigantic holes were discovered by the SENENE team. The vertical holes were likely formed by volcanic activities or tectonic processes such as skylight formation on lava tubes, from the terrestrial analogues. The indicative evidence of the existence of underlying caverns associating with the holes was indeed acquired by the US LRO later. Similar vertical holes have been discovered on Mars. Various important knowledge of science on the Moon, the solar system, and extra-terrestrial life will be obtained by direct in-situ explorations into the lunar holes and their associating underlying caverns. However, the exploration of the holes and subsurfacebsurfacebsurfacebsurfacebsurfacebsurface caverns require a system which should overcome difficulties, such as the descent into the floors of the holes studded with boulders and the travel into the dark cavern spaces hidden from the lunar surface. We have studied on the exploration system by applying space robotics technology. We report the strategy and system design of the exploration, and conceptual design of a lunar base utilizing the “Haruyama Holes” in this paper.
月惑星の縦孔・地下空洞探査システムの研究
