Geotechnical Exploration Technologies for Space Planet Mineral Resources Exploration

Geun-U Ryu; Byung-Hyun Ryu

doi:10.7843/kgs.2022.38.9.19

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Geotechnical Exploration Technologies for Space Planet Mineral Resources Exploration 우주 행성 광물 자원 탐사를 위한 지반 탐사 기술

30 September 2022. pp. 19-33

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Abstract

Planarity geotechnical exploration missions were actively performed during the 1970s and there was a period of decline from the 1990s to the 2000s because of budget. However, exploring space resources is essential to prepare for the depletion of Earth’s resources in the future and explore resources abundant in space but scarce on Earth, such as rare earth and helium-3. Additionally, the development of space technology has become the driving force of future industry development. The competition among developed countries for exoplanet exploration has recently accelerated for the exploration and utilization of space resources. For these missions and resource exploration/mining, geotechnical exploration is required. There have been several missions to explore exoplanet ground, including the Moon, Mars, and asteroids. There are Apollo, LUNA, and Chang’E missions for exploration of the Moon. The Mars missions included Viking, Spirit/Opportunity, Phoenix, and Perseverance missions, and the asteroid missions included the Hayabusa missions. In this study, space planetary mineral resource exploration technologies are explained, and the future technological tasks of Korea are described.

Keywords

Drill

Exoplanet

Planarity geotechnical exploration

Probes

Soil sampler

우주 행성 지반 탐사 미션은 1970년대에 활발하게 이루어졌으나 1990~2000년대에는 예산 문제로 쇠퇴기를 맞았다. 그러나 미래에 지구 자원 고갈에 대비하고 헬륨-3 및 희토류와 같이 우주에는 풍부하지만 지구에는 부족한 자원을 탐사하기 위해서는 우주 자원 탐사는 필수적이다. 또한, 우주 기술 발전은 미래 산업 발전의 원동력이 된다. 따라서 우주 자원 탐사 및 활용을 위해 최근 10년 동안 우주 행성 탐사를 위한 선진국 간의 기술 경쟁이 다시 가속화되고 있다. 이 우주 행성 자원 탐사/채굴 및 기지 건설 미션을 위해서는 지반 탐사가 필요하며 현재까지 달에 대한 탐사 미션으로는 Apollo 미션과 LUNA 미션, Chang’E 미션 등이 있고 해당 미션에서 유인 및 로버를 활용한 무인 시추 미션을 수행하였다. 화성 미션으로는 Viking, Spirit/Opportunity, Phoenix, Perseverance 미션, 소행성 탐사 미션은 하야부사(Hyabusa) 미션이 있었다. 본 논문에서는 현재까지 수행된 우주 행성 광물 자원 탐사 기술에 대해 서술하고 향후 우리나라의 기술과제에 대하여 서술하였다.

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Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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