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This paper proposes a framework for the construction of a permanent lunar base using all of the inner volumes of the SpaceX Starship Human Landing System (HLS) as a habitat. The proposed design relies only on technology that either has a high technology readiness level (TRL) or will have a high TRL in the near future, being part of the upcoming Art...
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... proposals for constructing lunar infrastructure include the Artemis Program, Robotic Lunar Surface Operations 2 (RLSO2), and the Moon Village Association. NASA's selection of the SpaceX Starship Human Landing System (HLS) (seen in Figure 1), and the increasing desire to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon makes the case for a Starship-based lunar habitation worth considering. The goal of this paper is to present a feasible construction solution based on a wet-workshop approach. ...
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... to current information about the SpaceX Starship HLS (illustrated in Figure 1), it is 50m in length, 9m in diameter, and can carry more than 100 metric tons of mass to the lunar surface inside a 1100m 3 payload fairing. The Starship uses methane and oxygen as fuel stored in two large tanks estimated at volumes of 600 m 3 and 800 m 3 , respectively. ...
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... robots will complete a series of tasks to prepare for the horizontal inversion procedure (see Table 1 in the appendix). The MOROCAS will be deployed from the airlocks to the ground using the lift system which can be seen in Figure 1. The various equipment which needs to be deployed will be stored inside the payload volume of the Starship. ...
