Return to the Moon:New perspectives on lunar exploration

Yangting Lin ¹Wei Yang ¹Hui Zhang ¹Hejiu Hui ²Sen Hu ¹Long Xiao ³Jianzhong Liu ⁴Zhiyong Xiao ⁵Zongyu Yue ¹Jinhai Zhang ¹Yang Liu ⁶Jing Yang ⁴Honglei Lin ¹Aicheng Zhang ²Dijun Guo ⁶Sheng Gou ¹Lin Xu ⁶Yuyang He ¹Xianguo Zhang ⁶Liping Qin ⁷Zongcheng Ling ⁸Xiongyao Li ⁴Aimin Du ¹Huaiyu He ¹Peng Zhang ⁹Jinbin Cao ¹⁰Xianhua Li¹

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作者信息

1. Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics,Institute of Geology and Geophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100029,China
2. State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research and School of Earth Sciences and Engineering,Nanjing University,Nanjing 210023,China
3. State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources,School of Earth Sciences,China University of Geosciences,Wuhan 430074,China
4. Institute of Geochemistry,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Guiyang 550002,China
5. Planetary Environmental and Astrobiological Research Laboratory,School of Atmospheric Sciences,Sun Yat-sen University,Zhuhai 519082,China
6. National Space Science Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100190,China
7. Deep Space Exploration Laboratory/CAS Key Laboratory of Crust-Mantle Materials and Environments,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026,China
8. Shandong Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment,Institute of Space Sciences,Shandong University,Weihai 264209,China
9. Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100094,China
10. School of Space and Environment,Beihang University,Beijing 100191,China
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Abstract

Lunar exploration is deemed crucial for uncovering the origins of the Earth-Moon system and is the first step for advancing humanity's exploration of deep space.Over the past decade,the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program(CLEP),also known as the Chang'e(CE)Project,has achieved remarkable milestones.It has successfully developed and demonstrated the engineering capability required to reach and return from the lunar surface.Notably,the CE Project has made historic firsts with the landing and on-site explo-ration of the far side of the Moon,along with the collection of the youngest volcanic samples from the Procellarum KREEP Terrane.These achievements have significantly enhanced our understanding of lunar evolution.Building on this success,China has proposed an ambitious crewed lunar exploration strategy,aiming to return to the Moon for scientific exploration and utilization.This plan encompasses two pri-mary phases:the first crewed lunar landing and exploration,followed by a thousand-kilometer scale sci-entific expedition to construct a geological cross-section across the lunar surface.Recognizing the limitations of current lunar exploration efforts and China's engineering and technical capabilities,this paper explores the benefits of crewed lunar exploration while leveraging synergies with robotic explo-ration.The study refines fundamental lunar scientific questions that could lead to significant break-throughs,considering the respective engineering and technological requirements.This research lays a crucial foundation for defining the objectives of future lunar exploration,emphasizing the importance of crewed missions and offering insights into potential advancements in lunar science.

Key words

Crewed lunar exploration/Water and volatiles/Composition and structure of lunar interior/Volcanic activity and evolution of lunar/mantle/Space weathering and radiation/environments/Exploration technology

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基金项目

National Natural Science Foundation of China(L2224032)

Research Project on the Discipline Development Strategy of Academic Divisions of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XK2022DXC004)

出版年

2024

科学通报(英文版)

中国科学院

科学通报(英文版)

CSTPCD

ISSN：1001-6538

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