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3.1.6. Site selection
Thesis Report V-SPARC VIT
Figure 9 – Site selection
Figure 9 : Site selection
After using several selection criteria (abundance of water ice, the slope of terrain, usable energy
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sources, communications, and base expandability) to identify a suitable area for a future base
in the southern polar crater Sverdrup-Henson. Due to the higher abundance of water ice, it is
found that the Sverdrup-Henson site is better suited to host a base than the nearby craters de
Gerlache and Shackleton. The crater floor is partly in permanent shadow and exhibits numerous
signatures of water ice.
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