Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
- Ebrahim Amiri 1
- Masoome Khani Chamani 2
- Mahdi Jafari-Nodoshan 3
- Sajjad Ghazanfarinia 4
- Masoud Khoshsima 5
1 K. N. Toosi Unversity of Technology
2 Zanjan University
3 Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, IRAN
4 Satellite Research Institute, Iranian Space Research Center
5 Iranian Space Research Center, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The economic model generally expresses the mechanisms used to earn money from a business, and if it doesnot generate income, its failure will be certain. Therefore, the decision to carry out a mission isnot only based on technical specifications, and besides that, economic profitability is another part of decision-making and will be one of the main factors for commercial investments. Space projects, as wellas moon-mining projects, are no exception to this rule and require an all-round approach to compare financial and technical feasibility. Analyzing the economic feasibility of any project can be summed up in the evaluation of its economic model. In this regard, a model is needed to compare, rank and determine the available options, which is economically justified. In this paper, the economic evaluation of moon-mining based on the materials available on the moon and sending them to the earth is discussed. Materials with economic priority are categorized and selected in a fuzzy evaluation and using an economic model suitable for space mining, an economic evaluation for the business of selling materials on the Earth is carried out and according to economic efficiency, the type of material and also the high-level specifications of the project has been extracted.
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