Our laboratory’s joint research on the Lunar Surface Exploration Rover with the Kobayashi Taizo Laboratory from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been featured in the English edition of RADIANT ‘Space & Earth’ , Ritsumeikan University’s Research PR magazine. The article is presented as a transcript of an interview with Professor Kobayashi Taizo, Associate Professor Kawasaki Yuma—both from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering—and me.
Space development has three phases. Phase one focuses on the scientific observation and exploration, phase two comprises the building and maintenance of the humanosphere, and phase three concentrates on building a living environment and the realization of a worthwhile life. We are mainly focused on phase two. Several places on the Earth and in space are uninhabitable by humans. Our goal is to explore these uncharted areas and make them habitable for humans. Professor Taizo Kobayashi, Associate Professor Atsushi Kakogawa, and Associate Professor Yuma Kawasaki of the College of Science and Engineering have been working on unmanned construction technology to build the infrastructure essential for human survival, including the first lunar base on the Moon’s surface.
月面はレゴリスと呼ばれる微粉末材料で覆われています．月のレゴリスの特徴はまだ完全には解明されておらず，地形，地…
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