🌕 HELIOS POLAR NETWORK (HPN)
Lunar Freight & Solar Energy Infrastructure
🚀 What if the Moon had its own logistics highway?
Using NASA LOLA terrain data, we explore potential polar transport routes linking future habitats, mining sites and solar-energy hubs.
📄 Conceptual White Paper — Samuel Jaggard (2026)
doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23856…
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Solid conceptual architecture. Integrating polar freight corridors with distributed solar hubs, battery exchange and optional H2 storage is a practical way to tackle variable illumination. The LOLA-based slope-penalized route screening (400–800 km windings) gives a useful first-order map. Phased multi-hub scaling is realistic. Further work on dust, actual grades and vehicle energy budgets would strengthen it. Clear prior-art disclosure.
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