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quality of equipment. These results will help to determine
whether the operation is fulfilling the objectives, has defi-
ciencies, or is going beyond being successful. The indicators
must be measurable, understandable, and controllable.
Examples of some aspects to be measured with the idea
of performing a better control of the operation:
Workforce tracking and location.
Radiation Exposure
Oxygen Saturation
Heart Rate
Map Visualization
Cost Control
Simulation (EZ-RASSOR)
VR capabilities
Wireless Mesh testing
Overall Communications Testing
Emergency response
Geopositioning
Topographic update
Dust levels
Production times and delays
Equipment monitoring, utilization, performance,
and efficiency.
Traffic control
Drilling &Blasting system performance.
Excavation System
Maintenance time and availability
A representation of the software interface is shown in
Figure 5.
Supervisory Post
For the observation and control of the Lunar surface opera-
tions, a building dedicated for supervisory tasks is suggested.
Even though at an advanced stage of operations many pro-
duction units will be autonomous, there will most likely be
a need of human intervention to make quick decisions and
visually verify the safety of the work. Starting on the surface,
mining will gradually go underneath to add protection for
personnel and equipment. The supervisory outpost must
comply with a minimum set of characteristics: comfortable
interior for operators located on high ground a panoramic
window for visual confirmation of activities at the portals of
Figure 4. Moon Resources and its applications
Figure 5. Interface for Luna Mine Planning (Tenorio et al.,
2020)
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