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Extraterrestrial Electrochemistry - Challenges and Opportunities for Electrolytic in-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) on Mars

The Electrochemical Society Interface, 2023
The sustained, long-term exploration of other heavenly bodies in the solar system necessitates the development of technological solutions that will free these missions from the constraints of resupply from Earth. Herein, we focus on electrochemical solutions for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) that will enable “living off the land” on Mars with a ...
Shrihari Sankarasubramanian, Bradley Chambers, Cheyenne Wilson   +2 more
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Extraterrestrial In-Situ Resource Utilization: Mission Requirements and Key Technologies [PDF]

中国工程科学
With the leapfrog development of space technologies, extraterrestrial in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) is transitioning from a frontier concept to engineering practices.
Cheng Zhou, Wenbo Qin, Yuyue Gao, Jin Qiao, Lieyun Ding   +4 more
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Flow Characteristics of Electrochemical Catalytic Reduction of CO₂ in Microchannel

Energies, 2023
Human beings need abundant material support and energy supply in their exploration of the universe. The sustainable supply of materials is an important condition for long-term space exploration.
Qingjun Yang, Rizhi Dong, Rui Zhu, Shangru Yang, Wen Xie   +4 more
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Design-to-Robotic-Production of Underground Habitats on Mars

Spool, 2021
In order for off-Earth top surface structures built from regolith to protect astronauts from radiation, they need to be several meters thick. Technical University Delft (TUD) proposes to excavate into the ground to create subsurface habitats.
Henriette Bier, Edwin Vermeer, Arwin Hidding, Krishna Jani   +3 more
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The Potential for Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants to Sustain Plant Growth: A Multidisciplinary Overview

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022
Bioregenerative life support systems (BLSS) are conceived of and developed so as to provide food sources for crewed missions to the Moon or Mars. The in situ resource utilization (ISRU) approach aims to reduce terrestrial input into a BLSS by using ...
Luigi Giuseppe Duri, Antonio Giandonato Caporale, Youssef Rouphael, Simona Vingiani, Simona Vingiani, Mario Palladino, Stefania De Pascale, Paola Adamo, Paola Adamo   +8 more
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Adapting a Mars ISRU System to the Changing Mars Environment

Space: Science & Technology, 2023
This study modeled the performance of a full-scale Mars in situ resource utilization (ISRU) system to produce 30 metric tons of liquid O2, operated for 14 months at half-hourly intervals as the Mars environment changes diurnally and seasonally.
Donald Rapp, Eric Hinterman
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Iron can be microbially extracted from Lunar and Martian regolith simulants and 3D printed into tough structural materials.

PLoS ONE, 2021
In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) is increasingly acknowledged as an essential requirement for the construction of sustainable extra-terrestrial colonies.
Sofie M Castelein, Tom F Aarts, Juergen Schleppi, Ruud Hendrikx, Amarante J Böttger, Dominik Benz, Maude Marechal, Advenit Makaya, Stan J J Brouns, Martin Schwentenwein, Anne S Meyer, Benjamin A E Lehner   +11 more
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Cyanobacteria and Algal-Based Biological Life Support System (BLSS) and Planetary Surface Atmospheric Revitalizing Bioreactor Brief Concept Review

Life, 2023
Exploring austere environments required a reimagining of resource acquisition and utilization. Cyanobacterial in situ resources utilization (ISRU) and biological life support system (BLSS) bioreactors have been proposed to allow crewed space missions to ...
Ryan Keller, Karthik Goli, William Porter, Aly Alrabaa, Jeffrey A. Jones   +4 more
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Review of In Situ Resource Utilization-Based Biocementation and Regolith Consolidation Techniques for Space Applications

Buildings
With the advancement of space exploration, the development of sustainable construction technologies has become essential for the establishment of enduring extraterrestrial habitats.
Zhen Yan, Satoru Kawasaki
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In-situ resources for infrastructure construction on Mars: A review

International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 2022
It is widely proposed that Mars will be the next destination for human to expand colonization. However, building up a habitat requires collective work from multiple disciplinaries of which engineering is an indispensable part.
Jiawen Liu, Hui Li, Lijun Sun, Zhongyin Guo, John Harvey, Qirong Tang, Haizhu Lu, Ming Jia   +7 more
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