http://arxiv.org/abs/1706.06698
A human-robotic “Moon Village” would offer significant scientific opportunities by providing an infrastructure on the lunar surface. An analogy would be the way in which human outposts in Antarctica facilitate research activities across multiple scientific disciplines on that continent. Scientific fields expected to benefit from a Moon Village will include: planetary science, astronomy, astrobiology, life sciences, and fundamental physics. In addition, a Moon Village will help develop the use of lunar resources, which will yield additional longer-term scientific benefits.
I. Crawford
Thu, 22 Jun 17
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Comments: Paper accepted for presentation at the 10th IAA Symposium on “The Future of Space Exploration: Towards the Moon Village and Beyond”, Turin, Italy, June 2017