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Multi-robot cooperation for lunar In-Situ resource utilization [PDF]

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023
This paper presents a cooperative, multi-robot solution for searching, excavating, and transporting mineral resources on the Moon. Our work was developed in the context of the Space Robotics Challenge Phase 2 (SRCP2), which was part of the NASA ...
Bernardo Martinez Rocamora, Cagri Kilic, Christopher Tatsch, Guilherme A. S. Pereira, Jason N. Gross   +4 more
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Production of Martian fiber by in-situ resource utilization strategy [PDF]

iScience
Summary: Many countries and commercial organizations have shown great interest in constructing a Martian base. In situ resource utilization (ISRU) provides a cost-effective way to achieve this ambitious goal.
Ze-Shi Guo, Dan Xing, Xiong-Yu Xi, Cun-Guang Liang, Bin Hao, Xiaojia Zeng, Hong Tang, Huaican Chen, Wen Yin, Peng Zhang, Kefa Zhou, Qingbin Zheng, Peng-Cheng Ma   +12 more
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Extraterrestrial artificial photosynthetic materials for in-situ resource utilization. [PDF]

Natl Sci Rev, 2021
Abstract Aerospace milestones in human history, including returning to the moon and manned Martian missions, have been implemented in recent years. Space exploration has become one of the global common goals, and to ensure the survival and development of human beings in the extraterrestrial extreme environment has been becoming the basic
Yang L, Zhang C, Yu X, Yao Y, Li Z, Wu C, Yao W, Zou Z.   +7 more
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Biologically-Based and Physiochemical Life Support and In Situ Resource Utilization for Exploration of the Solar System—Reviewing the Current State and Defining Future Development Needs [PDF]

Life, 2021
The future of long-duration spaceflight missions will place our vehicles and crew outside of the comfort of low-Earth orbit. Luxuries of quick resupply and frequent crew changes will not be available.
Ryan J. Keller, William Porter, Karthik Goli, Reece Rosenthal, Nicole Butler, Jeffrey A. Jones   +5 more
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Designing the bioproduction of Martian rocket propellant via a biotechnology-enabled in situ resource utilization strategy [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2021
Returning from Mars to Earth requires propellant. The authors propose a biotechnology-enabled in situ resource utilization (bioISRU) process to produce a Mars specific rocket propellant, 2,3-butanediol, using cyanobacteria and engineered E.
Nicholas S. Kruyer, Matthew J. Realff, Wenting Sun, Caroline L. Genzale, Pamela Peralta-Yahya   +4 more
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Towards Lunar In-Situ Resource Utilization Based Subtractive Manufacturing

Applied Sciences, 2023
In recent years, space agencies, such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA), have expanded their research activities in the field of manufacturing in space.
André Seidel, Uwe Teicher, Steffen Ihlenfeldt, Konstantin Sauer, Florian Morczinek, Martin Dix, Rick Niebergall, Bernhard Durschang, Stefan Linke   +8 more
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Emerging Chemical and Biological Materials Technologies in the Extraplanetary Environment [PDF]

Nano-Micro Letters
Highlights The exploration and multiscale manufacturing in outer space hold vital significance Chemical and biological nano/micro/meso-scale manufacturing offer strategies to address challenges Emerging advances encompass novel manufacturing technologies
Qingyao Jiang, Bin Wang, Yifan Cheng, Yiming Wang, Hongxin Zhao, Yuan Lu   +5 more
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Synthetic biology for space exploration [PDF]

npj Microgravity
Human space exploration faces different challenges. Topics like Bioregenerative Life Support Systems, In Situ Resource Utilization, and radiation protection, still require for more suitable solutions to be applied in long-term space exploration ...
Silvano Onofri, Ralf Moeller, Daniela Billi, Michele Balsamo, Anke Becker, Eugenio Benvenuto, Alessia Cassaro, Ilaria Catanzaro, Charles S. Cockell, Angiola Desiderio, Tom Ellis, José Eduardo Gonzáles-Pastor, Christiane Hahn, Natalie Leys, Patrick Leo, Marie-Christine Maurel, Claudia Pacelli, Bruno Pavletic, Caterina Ripa, Lynn J. Rothschild, Leonardo Surdo   +20 more
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Biofuel Production Via in Situ Resource Utilization on Mars [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
This paper is based on the fundamentals and principles of materials science and resource utilization. In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) can make full use of materials in space to produce the resources needed for human survival and even interstellar ...
Meng Xiangyu
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Research Progress on the Ion Exchange Treatment and Resource Utilization of Chromium(Ⅵ) Electroplating Wastewater [PDF]

Cailiao Baohu, 2021
From the perspective of resource utilization, the research progress of on - line recovery and in - situ utilization of chromium(Ⅵ) electroplating wastewater was elaborated based on ion exchange technologies, including the selection of ion exchange agents,
ZHA Li - na, LI Jin - hua, ZHOU Bao - xue, YUAN Yue - wen, YUAN Hua
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