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Lunar Base Energy Trade Study

AstroSim example study — reproducible engineering report (Phase 12).

Objective

Compare lunar base energy balance across solar array sizing using deterministic simulation and Pareto trade study.

Scenario

  • Primary: scenarios/lunar_base.yaml
  • Trade axes: solar_array_kw vs battery_kwh

Methods

  1. Deterministic 30-day run (duration_hours: 720)
  2. Pareto trade study via CLI

Reproduce

cd /home/adrianlos/projects/astrosim
pip install -e ".[dev]"
astrosim scenarios/lunar_base.yaml --report --output-dir output/lunar_study
astrosim scenarios/lunar_base.yaml --trade-study --output-dir output/lunar_study
bash scripts/integrity_check.sh

Key results (reference run)

Metric Typical order of magnitude
Energy net (kWh) Negative without oversized solar — see optimization suggestions
Mission success probability > 0.99 for lunar_base default
Trade study Pareto points 12 grid points (4×3 solar/battery grid)

Conclusions

Solar capacity and battery storage dominate lunar energy feasibility. Use astrosim --trade-study to explore the Pareto frontier before committing to hardware mass.

Citation

AstroSim v1.0.0 — https://github.com/aadriantech/astrosim
Study template: docs/STUDY_TEMPLATE.md