This paper presents operations and systems analyses for a distributed life support system consisting of habitation module, logistics carrier and rovers for high-mobility exploration on the lunar surface. The logistics carrier and rovers leave the lunar outpost at the Shackleton crater and explore the foot of the Malapert and the Leibnitz Beta craters. In this example we solve an oxygen allocation problem using the two-dimensional Dynamic Programming method previously developed for distributed life support systems and calculate water and waste water allocation during the expedition. By the addition of lunar surface topography provided by the selenological and engineering explorer, the method is able to find the optimal access route for the logistics carrier in response to the rover need for supply.
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