A proposed coordinated three-robot system would explore and map lunar caves — candidate sheltered sites for future Moon habitats. Lunar caves can shield crews from radiation, extreme temperature swings and micrometeorites, but must be remotely surveyed and characterized before any habitat deployment.
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Lunar caves are prime locations for reducing crew radiation exposure, thermal cycling and micrometeorite risk; a dedicated three-robot mapping capability is a near-term technical prerequisite for safe habitat siting and mission planning.
Hardware and mission concepts for off-world excavation, mobility and dust mitigation are already being validated in a full-scale regolith testbed that speeds development of systems these robots would carry.
The autonomy and subterranean navigation this concept demands builds on recent demonstrations of robot dogs navigating Mars-analog terrain and national underground lava tube simulation efforts to validate cave-like operations.
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