What type of data we do collect?
We need human presence on the Moon in order to expand it in the deep space. The basic aspects that should be taken into account when designing lunar settlements are:
- Location for shelter
- Radiation
- Temperature
- Solar irradiance
- Excavation difficulties
- Need of creating a pressurized habitat
- Need of resources for survival and that allow sustainable expansion
Water finding
Water is an essential resource not only for survival, but also for the development of fuel to be used in deep space exploration. For this reason, the rover will be equipped with custom signed electrodes that inject current, allowing to estimate soil resistivity up to a certain depth.This method requires two or more rovers. The detection of anomalies in the soil resistivity may indicate the presence of water or ice.
Location for shelter
An excellent place for shelter are lava tubes because they are a natural protection from radiation
and meteorites, and temperature is very stable — an ideal place for Moon settlements.
In this way, the rovers will use GPR and accelerometers. GPR is a technique based on
the use of electromagnetic fields that allow the obtaining of images of the subsoil, and
accelerometers can be used for the detection of geological structures.
