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In-Situ Resource Utilization for Lunar and Mars Exploration

45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 2007
In-Situ Resource Utilization is the collection, processing, storing and use of materials encountered in the course of human or robotic space exploration that replace materials that would otherwise be brought from Earth to accomplish a mission critical need at reduced overall cost and risk.
Kurt Sacksteder, Gerald Sanders
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Membranes on Mars for In-Situ Resource Utilization Processes

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2004
<div class="htmlview paragraph">The goal of this project is the development and characterization of synthetic membranes for the separation and purification of CO₂ from the Martian atmosphere for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) applications such as in-situ propellant production.
Praveen Jha, J. Douglas Way, Ananth Srinivasan, Larry W. Mason   +3 more
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Simulation of dissociation using resources on the lunar for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU)

Nano-, Bio-, Info-Tech Sensors and Wearable Systems, 2021
Humanity has achieved landing on Moon in 1969 and now humanity is looking forward to land on extraterrestrial regions, for example, Mars. To reach the extraterrestrial regions, In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) is regarded as one of the most significant concepts because current technologies could not afford enough propellants and others.
Sanglok Park, Young-Jun Lee, Kyo D. Song, Joo-Hyung Kim   +3 more
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Photovoltaics Using In Situ Resource Utilization for HEDS

Space 98, 1998
One of the most important elements of a human planetary base is power production. Lunar data make it clear that several types of solar-to-electric converters can be manufactured on the Moon. Materials research and processing demonstrations are suggested that can be carried out on Earth, the Space Transportation System (STS), the International Space ...
David R. Criswell, Peter A. Curreri
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In Situ Utilization of Indigenous Resources

2009
Planning for a human mission to Mars dates back to the 1950s, but in the 1990s, a new aspect was introduced: In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU). In its simplest form, it utilizes indigenous Mars resources to produce propellants for ascent from Mars, thus significantly reducing the mass that must be transported to Mars. If accessible water can be found
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Drilling and Excavation for Construction and In-Situ Resource Utilization

2009
As the exploration of the solar system by the international space agencies (NASA, ESA, JAXA and others) continues to expand there are increasing considerations to include humans as part of the future missions. These missions may consist of short term site visits as was done during the landing on the Moon or for extended stay as part of permanent human ...
Kris Zacny, Yoseph Bar-Cohen
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Solar Thermal Technology for In-Situ Resource Utilization

3rd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2005
*† ‡ In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) processes require thermal energy at various temperatures. Chemical recovery process (pyrolysis, gas-solid reactions, gas-liquid or threephase reactions and desorption) requires thermal energy at temperatures from 1000 K to 2500 K. Manufacturing processes (hot liquid processing, sinter forming, composite forming,
Takashi Nakamura, Constance Senior, John Case   +2 more
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Commercial viability of lunar In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU)

Planetary and Space Science, 2020
Abstract In this paper, we propose an architecture for lunar in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) which can provide propellant, typically cryogenic hydrogen and oxygen, to a cislunar aggregation point in support of future space missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond at a price competitive with commercial delivery from Earth.
Nicholas James Bennett, Damon Ellender, Andrew G. Dempster   +2 more
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Solar Energy for In-Situ Resource Utilization in Space

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2003
In the past 10 years, Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has been developing the Optical Waveguide (OW) system for solar energy utilization. In this system, solar radiation is collected by the concentrator which transfers the concentrated solar radiation to the OW transmission line.
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In-situ resource utilization technologies for Mars life support systems

Advances in Space Research, 2000
The atmosphere of Mars has many of the ingredients that can be used to support human exploration missions. It can be "mined" and processed to produce oxygen, buffer gas, and water, resulting in significant savings on mission costs. The use of local materials, called ISRU (for in-situ resource utilization), is clearly an essential strategy for a long ...
K R, Sridhar, J E, Finn, M H, Kliss
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