한국항공우주학회지 (Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences)

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한국항공우주학회 (The Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences)
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달 기지 건설을 위한 현지재료 활용 소결 기술 및 향후 과제

Review of the Sintering Technologies Using In-situ Resources for Lunar Construction and Future Works

  • Ryu, Geun U (Department of Future and Smart Construction Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Kim, Young-Jae (Department of Future and Smart Construction Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology) ;
  • Shin, Hyu-Soung (Department of Future and Smart Construction Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
  • 투고 : 2022.09.19
  • 심사 : 2022.11.10
  • 발행 : 2022.12.01
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초록

우주 개발 경쟁은 지난 10년간 가속되어 왔으며, 많은 우주국들은 달 지상 탐사 및 유인 탐사를 목표로 연구를 수행 중에 있다. 장기적이고 지속 가능한 우주 탐사를 위하여 달에 유인기지와 기반 시설을 구축하고자 하는 계획이 전 세계에서 추진되고 있다. 하지만 건설에 필요한 재료를 지구로부터 운송하기 위해서는 천문학적인 비용이 소요된다. 따라서 달 현지의 자원을 활용하여 건설 재료를 생산하기 위한 기술이 개발되고 있으며, 그중 하나로 월면토를 소결하는 방안이 제시되었다. 본 논문에서는 대표적인 다섯 가지 소결 기술들인 일반 소결, 태양열 소결, 스파크 플라즈마 소결, 레이저 소결, 마이크로파 소결 기술을 소개하고 향후 필요로 되는 연구 과제에 대해 논의한다.

Over the last decade, the competition for space development has accelerated. The world's largest space agencies are aiming toward long-term lunar exploration and manned missions. For sustainable and safe lunar exploration, construction of infrastructures that include various habitats is essential. However, transporting construction materials from Earth for lunar base construction is extremely expensive. Thus, technologies for manufacturing construction materials using in-situ resources from the moon should be advanced. The sintering techniques have been actively studied using lunar soil. In this review, five sintering technologies, including radiation, solar, spark plasma, laser, and microwave sintering, for manufacturing construction materials using lunar soil are introduced, and future research is discussed.

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본 연구는 과학기술정보통신부 한국건설기술연구원 연구운영비지원(주요사업)사업으로 수행되었습니다(과제번호 20220124-001, 극한건설 환경 구현 인프라 및 TRL6 이상급 극한건설 핵심기술 개발).

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