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Lunar EVA Thermal Environment Challenges
Technical Paper
2006-01-2231
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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With new direction to return to the Moon, NASA is developing highly efficient and lightweight extravehicular activity (EVA) equipment for working on the rugged lunar terrain. This paper presents results and evaluations of lunar thermal environments and design challenges for the EVA system. The evaluations include a review of basic lunar environment data, a review of metabolic rate predictions, analyses and reviews of spacesuit heat leak effects in past designs, and methods to improve the performance of spacesuit-mounted radiators in a hot lunar environment.
In addition to reviewing existing lunar thermal environment data, a simplified thermal model is presented that can simulate the lunar surface temperature variation as a function of latitude and time on the lunar surface. The assumed physical and optical properties of the lunar soil as well as the solar heating on the Earth's Moon are also presented.
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Ochoa, D., Miranda, B., Conger, B., and Trevino, L., "Lunar EVA Thermal Environment Challenges," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-2231, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-2231.Also In
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