An Investigation of Lunar Mission of Shallow Structure Exploration Using Artificial Moonquake

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Manned lunar explorations are planned in several countries for future goals of their space exploration. Many scientists and engineers are considering that the lunar human outpost will be established no later than early 2020s. The manned lunar mission should be considered as the real problem. To construct rigid lunar bases, the investigation of shallow structure of the moon is required. Here the authors present current technology and understandings of investigation method of lunar shallow structure, and proposes plausible exploration scenario for forthcoming unmanned landing explorations.