The Japanese figured out how to remotely build a base on the moon
A research base built on the moon will sooner or later become a reality. Today, ground-based prototypes of such structures are already being tested. However, it’s one thing to test the “buildings” on Earth, and it’s quite another to build a research center on the surface of our natural satellite.
Above technology, which will remotely and partially autonomously implement the aforementioned task, the Japanese aerospace agency JAXA is working. The corresponding project was launched back in 2016. Scientists believe that the ability to remotely control the process of erecting structures outside of our planet could be an important step towards the colonization of the Moon, and in the future, Mars is possible.
The agency believes that, first of all, excavators and bulldozers will be needed to build the lunar base. It is on them that the most laborious part of the process will be entrusted. We are talking about: preparing the site for a future research center, installing modules, excavating the surface and shielding buildings from external influences using lunar soil.
To date, engineers from JAXA have already prepared several units of similar equipment. The weight of each of them does not exceed 7 tons. The devices were equipped with a remote control system, as well as sensors that allow you to determine the location, lay the optimal route, and perform part of the work in automatic mode, without the direct participation of the "ground" operator.
According to agency representatives, construction equipment has already passed preliminary tests, during which the operation of all the main control nodes was tested. Now, the question remains: how to deliver the “moon bulldozers" to the surface of our satellite? After all, their combined weight can reach several tens of tons.
Above technology, which will remotely and partially autonomously implement the aforementioned task, the Japanese aerospace agency JAXA is working. The corresponding project was launched back in 2016. Scientists believe that the ability to remotely control the process of erecting structures outside of our planet could be an important step towards the colonization of the Moon, and in the future, Mars is possible.
The agency believes that, first of all, excavators and bulldozers will be needed to build the lunar base. It is on them that the most laborious part of the process will be entrusted. We are talking about: preparing the site for a future research center, installing modules, excavating the surface and shielding buildings from external influences using lunar soil.
To date, engineers from JAXA have already prepared several units of similar equipment. The weight of each of them does not exceed 7 tons. The devices were equipped with a remote control system, as well as sensors that allow you to determine the location, lay the optimal route, and perform part of the work in automatic mode, without the direct participation of the "ground" operator.
According to agency representatives, construction equipment has already passed preliminary tests, during which the operation of all the main control nodes was tested. Now, the question remains: how to deliver the “moon bulldozers" to the surface of our satellite? After all, their combined weight can reach several tens of tons.
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