Bruce Damer's presentation on How to Mine the Moon (Nov 2006)

1. So you want to mine the moon? B. Damer, D. Rasmussen, P. Newman, R. Norkus DigitalSpace Corporation, Santa Cruz CA

2. CAD/CAM design simulation for sandbox prototyping Colorado School of Mines Prototype Lunar Bucket Wheel Excavator

3. CAD/CAM design simulation for sandbox prototyping DigitalSpace Lunar analog simulation of BWE

5. RLEP2 Pre-Phase A RLEP2 Pre-Phase A: November: APL Presentations Huntsville Kick-off TeamX, JPL: Dec 12-15th

6. RLEP2 Pre-Phase A mission design challenge Lunar south pole: Cold traps in permanently shadowed craters. 12-20 samples at 1-2m depth, test for volatiles, water ice. Nominal Target: Shackleton 19 km complex impact crater Steep interior slopes 25-35° Interior walls loose material Rough floor Eratosthenian age Ice distribution may be heterogenous

9. Dawes Crater Lunar Analog to Shackleton Elevation map produced by measurements team Direct versus “spiral” traverse into the crater

21. Digital Spaces Platform Architecture Acknowledgements and Resources

23. DigitalSpace DSS Modular Plug-in Architecture

24. Thanks!

25. DigitalSpace: www.digitalspace.com Project homepage/download the sims: www.digitalspace.com/projects/lunar-robotics/ Digital Spaces Codebase: www.digitalspaces.org Contact: Bruce Damer, President and CEO [email_address] (831) 338 9400, mobile: (831) 331 5812 Resources and contact