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Title: A SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR PLANETARY LAVA TUBES EXPLORATION
A SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING APPROACH FOR PLANETARY LAVA TUBES EXPLORATION

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Homero Aguilar Diaz; Gustavo Jamanca-Lino; Yury Vasquez Charcape; Daniel Suarez Zelada
10.5593/sgem2024/6.1/s28.62
10.5593/sgem2024/6.1
1314-2704
978-619-7603-74-3
English
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6.1
•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Space Technologies and Planetary Science
Lava tubes are natural underground structures formed by volcanoes during magmatic eruption events. Their exploration has aroused undeniable interest in the scientific community because of their potential as future habitats capable of hosting human missions in the Solar System. Indeed, there are significant topographic features that indicate the existence of lava tubes on the Moon and Mars, offering natural shelter and environmental insulation for permanent planetary settlements. The article summarizes the geological process of lava tube formation based on an extensive review of the literature and introduces the relevance of geomechanical prospecting to interpret the surface stability for habitability, introducing the results obtained during the visit to The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) base and the region of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii in 2021. The collected data would allow an estimate of the surface properties of these geological formations outside of Earth. In addition, different methodologies currently used in the mining and civil construction industries are discussed that can be transferred as spin-in technologies to complement the characterization of these formations on Earth. In fact, these underground structures are analog environments where it is possible to test different procedures and instruments and develop future space payloads to support the human exploration of the Moon and Mars, with potential terrestrial applications.
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The authors express their gratitude to Dra. Gladys Ocharan for the support in the preliminary characterization of rocks. Also, to the crew Selene IV and the HI-SEAS scientific base operated by the International MoonBase Alliance, and Bader Al Moudah for the photographs. This paper was developed under the support of the ARIES Peruvian research group, a multidisciplinary team who are working on systems engineering for planetary exploration and environmental technologies. Finally, thanks to the Department of Research, Innovation, and Social Responsibility at the Universidad Privada del Norte, Peru; for the support received for the participation in SGEM 2024.
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Proceedings of 24th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2024
24th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2024, 1 - 7 July, 2024
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International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM
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