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The Future
The success
of AIME is important for future advancements in space exploration.
The discovery of water ice and abundant silicon on the moon could lead
to the building of a solar power moon base that could solve Earth’s energy
problems. A base located on Malapert Mountain would have almost continuous
sunlight and would always have a direct line of communication relay with
Earth. Here, solar arrays could be made out of silicon mined from
the moon so heavy panels would not have to be shipped. There is room
to build enough arrays to power a moon base and to beam power to space
satellites. Any extra power could be beamed to Earth, providing a
clean source of energy. Water is too heavy to take into space in
large quantities but if it could be found on the moon, it could support
life. Water ice also has oxygen which is vital to life and for making
fuel, and hydrogen which can also be used as fuel. This could lead
to the moon some day becoming a refueling station.[3,5,22]
What a great idea to AIM(E)
for!
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Introduction 
Landing 
Design 
Future 
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