The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has its sights set on the moon, and recently selected defense giant Northrop Grumman to work on the idea of building a lunar rail network, according to the report. Debriefing session.
A recent development is DARPA’s latest announcement. 10-year lunar structure (LunA-10) capability survey. The ultimate goal is reportedly to establish a human colony on the Moon and establish a “thriving lunar economy.”
DARPA issued the following statement regarding the development:
The Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) aims to move away from individual scientific efforts within isolated, self-sufficient systems to a set of interoperable, shareable, scalable, resource-driven systems. Explore the rapid development of fundamental technology concepts. – Minimize your moon footprint and create monetizable services for future moon users.
LunA-10 Topic Area 1 (TA-1) focuses on the portfolio of lunar providers and users to jointly define a set of future integrated lunar frameworks that leverage commercial development and non-governmental funding streams. I am. Each integrated system design and framework is supported by quantitative analysis of needs, validated analysis of anticipated use cases, operational concepts, underlying system scaling analysis, and integrated system performance metrics. Speakers will identify current investments and future technology challenges towards achieving these goals.
Building a lunar railway may be the stuff of science fiction dreams, but it is due to the Pentagon’s curious interest in activities on the moon and its ambitions to establish a military presence on the moon. It is said that it reflects the
Made by Northrop Grumman Description below About the project, “The envisioned lunar rail network would be able to transport people, goods, and resources for commercial operations across the lunar surface, contributing to the space economy of the United States and international partners. can.”
Northrop Grumman is just one of 14 companies selected to participate in the study by DARPA in December 2023, according to space dot com.
Michael Nayak — DARPA Strategic Technology Office Program Manager — Said: “There will be a major paradigm shift in the lunar economy over the next 10 years.”
“To reach the tipping point faster, LunaA-10 has the unique objective of identifying solutions that will enable multi-mission lunar systems: a wireless power plant that can also provide communication and navigation within the beam; Imagine,” Nayak said.
He went on to say that such projects would accelerate “critical technologies that could be used by governments and the commercial space industry and ultimately help revitalize the lunar economy.”
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