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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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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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Sustainable in-situ resource utilization on the moon

Planetary and Space Science, 2020
Abstract We propose that current in-situ resource utilization schemes based on mining of water resources on the Moon is unnecessary and unsustainable. Life support systems are capable of recycling with high efficiency. Burning of hydrogen propellant and oxygen is akin to the burning of fossil fuels.
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Solar Energy System for In-Situ Resource Utilization

Space 2004 Conference and Exhibit, 2004
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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(Invited) Electrochemical Processes for in Situ Resource Utilization

ECS Meeting Abstracts, 2019
In situ resource utilization (ISRU) is the practice of generating resources when humans are away from Earth. The goals of ISRU include the generation of rocket propellants, building materials, and life sustaining commodities from such resources as the Mars atmosphere, lunar regolith, and even trash.
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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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In Situ Resource Utilization: Excavation to Support Other Operations

Space 2002 and Robotics 2002, 2002
Missions to surfaces of planetary bodies and asteroids, whether manned or robotic, will encounter dust, soil, and rock fragments, possibly combined with ice, which will affect mechanical operations. Contact with these materials may be incidental or intentional in the case of digging or drilling operations.
Walter Boles, Kam Kirby, Scott Baird
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Hybrid Propulsion In-Situ Resource Utilization Test Facility Development

50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, 2014
Hybrid propulsion could be a potential game changing technology for several Mars applications, such as Mars Sample Return (MSR) and human exploration. A flexible hybrid test facility has been built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to provide data relevant to the design of such systems.
Ashley A. Chandler, Corinne E. Gatto, Barry Nakazono, Kristian Grayson, David A. Vaughan   +4 more
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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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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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