Nadim Maraqten, Andrea Bari, Yakov Bobrov, Anna Dietz, Daniel Cantos G\u00e1lvez, Juan Manuel Martinez Rossi, Michele Nigro, Lina Salman, Isabel Pitz, Tharshan Maheswaran, Prof. Dr. Gisela Detrell (2024), JBIS, 77, pp. 229-240<\/p>\n
Refcode: 2024.77.0229<\/p>\n
DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.59332\/jbis-077-07-0229<\/p>\n
From the dawn of the space age, space exploration has been constrained by the high cost of overcoming Earth’s gravity and fortifying machinery to withstand launch stresses. This paper presents the \u201cLunar Manufacturing Outpost\u201d (LUMO), a conceptual design for a crewed lunar space station that addresses these issues by manufacturing solar arrays, mirrors, and rocket propellant in space using lunar resources. LUMO’s design was developed during the \u201cSpace Station Design Workshop (SSDW) 2022\u201d at the University of Stuttgart. The design assumes an annual supply of one ton each of lunar aluminium and silicon, supplemented by 95 kg\/year of materials from Earth. The expected yearly output includes 750 m\u00b2 of solar arrays, 413 m\u00b2 of silicon mirrors, and 484 kg of LOX and 73 kg of LH2 propellant. Microgravity in orbit allows higher manufacturing temperatures and eliminates container contamination, enhancing product purity and homogeneity over ground-based methods. The lifetime cost of the 231-ton, 1,560 m\u00b3 space station is estimated at US$ 91 billion. By demonstrating in-orbit manufacturing using lunar resources, LUMO could change the paradigm of space utilization, enabling advanced concepts such as space-based solar power and planetary sunshades by mitigating launch bottlenecks.<\/p>\n
Keywords: Design Study, Paradigm Change, Space Utilization, Space Station, In-Space Manufacturing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38374,"template":"","meta":[],"pwb-brand":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[56,59,3885],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-38372","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-journal-of-the-bis","product_cat-papers","product_cat-2024-papers","first","instock","downloadable","virtual","purchasable","product-type-simple","czr-hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brands":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/38372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pwb-brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pwb-brand?post=38372"},{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=38372"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=38372"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bis-space.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=38372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}