Year: 2019
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Planet Earth provides large amounts of natural resources required to supply the society and industry of today. Some of these resources are transformed to produce needed materials in the aerospace industry. In only 100 years, these resources have been extracted and exploited in a massive way. The environmental and social impact which is generated, as well as some problems related with the possible scarcity in a short-term future, suggest to start looking for solutions. In this way, the progress in the space exploration area is enabling to open new doors to the research of these resources in other solar system’s bodies. The present study has developed a research about the feasibility of exploiting in extraterrestrial bodies, the resources needed to supply the aerospace industry. For this reason, it is necessary to previously know the most used materials in this industry, as well as to study and analyse the exploitation of its resources in our planet. In this way, it is possible to verify the impact generated and its current availability. Finally, some different space bodies have been researched in order to look for those materials, together with the possibility to exploit the resources. Following this objective, it is possible to promote the concern about the environmental and social problems, and increase the interest related with the space science and technology.
Author: Torrens García, Francesc
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7065662996