5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
[PCG20-P01] Unprecedented Zipangu Underworld of the Moon/Mars Exploration (UZUME)Program based on the achievements of SLIM
Keywords:Moon, Mars, UZUME, vertical hole, cavern, lava tube
Unprecedented Zipangu Underworld of the Moon/Mars Exploration (UZUME) aims to obtain the following information by descending into vertical holes on the Moon and Mars and exploring the walls of the holes and the caverns extending horizontally from their bottoms:
1) Elucidate volcanic activity (lava flow covering), paleomagnetism, meteorite impact history (regolith formation), and the environment at the bottoms of the vertical holes (illumination, temperature, radiation, magnetic field, etc.) on the Moon and Mars.
2) Obtain information necessary for future unmanned/manned lunar surface activities and base construction on the Moon and Mars, such as the environment of subsurface caverns on the Moon and Mars, and demonstrate related engineering technologies.
Up until now, we have established a working group under JAXA/ISAS and have been considering a mission to launch a lunar lander using a solid-fuel rocket, Epsilon, to obtain scientific results. In parallel, we have also been considering a mission that would launch using a larger rocket and obtain results from the perspective of utilizing the Moon. As the first stage of UZUME, we are considering a mission to descend directly to the bottom of a vertical hole.
In January of this year, JAXA's lunar landing mission, SLIM, successfully demonstrated the following engineering technologies
1) Pinpoint landing on the Moon with an accuracy better than 10m.
2) Transferring (image) data from a small probe (LEV2) to another small probe (LEV1).
3) Transfer of (image) data from the small probe (LEV1) to the Earth.
With these results, many of the essential engineering issues that were thought to be obstacles to the success of UZUME's first-stage mission have been resolved, or the prospect of their resolution has greatly increased.
In this presentation, we will introduce UZUME's first-stage exploration mission and system, and discuss the overall concept for UZUME in the future.
1) Elucidate volcanic activity (lava flow covering), paleomagnetism, meteorite impact history (regolith formation), and the environment at the bottoms of the vertical holes (illumination, temperature, radiation, magnetic field, etc.) on the Moon and Mars.
2) Obtain information necessary for future unmanned/manned lunar surface activities and base construction on the Moon and Mars, such as the environment of subsurface caverns on the Moon and Mars, and demonstrate related engineering technologies.
Up until now, we have established a working group under JAXA/ISAS and have been considering a mission to launch a lunar lander using a solid-fuel rocket, Epsilon, to obtain scientific results. In parallel, we have also been considering a mission that would launch using a larger rocket and obtain results from the perspective of utilizing the Moon. As the first stage of UZUME, we are considering a mission to descend directly to the bottom of a vertical hole.
In January of this year, JAXA's lunar landing mission, SLIM, successfully demonstrated the following engineering technologies
1) Pinpoint landing on the Moon with an accuracy better than 10m.
2) Transferring (image) data from a small probe (LEV2) to another small probe (LEV1).
3) Transfer of (image) data from the small probe (LEV1) to the Earth.
With these results, many of the essential engineering issues that were thought to be obstacles to the success of UZUME's first-stage mission have been resolved, or the prospect of their resolution has greatly increased.
In this presentation, we will introduce UZUME's first-stage exploration mission and system, and discuss the overall concept for UZUME in the future.