On April 9, 2026, a workshop of Space Strategy Fund, Elemental technology for lunar surface infrastructure: Development of a Flight Model for Water and Metal Element Exploration Equipment and Actual Measurement of Lunar Resource Quantities (https://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/info/11065/), was held at the Koshiba Hall, the University of Tokyo. At the beginning of the workshop, Professor Shogo Tachibana of the UTOPS introduced our organization. Following that, Associate Professor Tomokatsu Morota of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science provided an overview of the “Development of a Flight Model for Water and Metal Element Exploration Equipment and Actual Measurement of Lunar Resource Quantities (LUNAR-RABBIT Project)”.
【Contents】 Opening Remarks:Eiichi Tajika(Dean of the School of Science、The University of Tokyo) Introduction to UTOPS and CROiSSanT:Shogo Tachibana(The University of Tokyo) Overview of LUNAR RABBIT Project:Tomokatsu Morota(The University of Tokyo)
Part 1: LUNAR RABBIT Project Hiroshi Nagaoka(Ritsumeikan University) Teruaki Enoto(Kyoto University) Yuichiro Cho(The University of Tokyo) Yusuke Nakauchi(Ritsumeikan University)
Part 2: The Prospects for solid planetary exploration Hiroyuki Kurokawa(The University of Tokyo) Satoshi Kasahara(The University of Tokyo) Kazuo Yoshioka(The University of Tokyo) Shunichi Kamata(Hokkaido University) Shingo Kameda(Rikkyo University) Eri Tatsumi(Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias)