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A biologically inspired robot for lunar In-Situ Resource Utilization

open access: yes2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009
Successful long-term settlements on the Moon will need a supply of resources such as oxygen and water, yet the process of regularly transporting these resources from Earth would be prohibitively costly and dangerous. One alternative would be an approach using heterogeneous, autonomous robotic teams, which could collect and extract these resources from ...
Philip A. Dunker   +3 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.
Alex Ellery
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Mars In-Situ Resource Utilization and Sulfur Concrete

Earth and Space 2021, 2021
Le projet ISRU de la NASA établit le besoin de matériaux in situ pour la base lunaire et l'habitation de Mars. Mars offre les conditions les plus favorables à l'habitation et à la poursuite de l'exploration de l'espace lointain. La compréhension des conditions planétaires révèle que les variations de température, les radiations solaires et le flux de ...
Abdur Rahim   +3 more
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In-Situ Resource Utilization

2019
Human spaceflight is an expensive endeavor. Every kilogram that needs to be transported to low Earth orbit or beyond costs tens of thousands of dollars, with the cost increasing exponentially the farther humanity extends its reach into the solar system and beyond.
Claas Tido Olthoff, Philipp Reiss
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Mars in situ resource utilization: a review

Planetary and Space Science, 2020
Abstract We provide a review of the development of systems to utilize natural resources on Mars to enable advanced missions. We review the rationale, history, available resources, systems technologies and an on-going NASA program to mature a selected integrated system. Key literature is referenced throughout.
Stanley O. Starr, Anthony C. Muscatello
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Introduction to In-Situ Resource Utilization

open access: yes, 2021
In the past five decades more than 550 humans ventured into space, most of them into the low-Earth orbit and a few of them even to the Moon using different vehicles.
Zabel, Paul
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Special Issue on In Situ Resource Utilization

Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2013
This special issue on in situ resource utilization (ISRU) was borne from the reality that in order for humanity to evolve into a spacefaring civilization, it will need to be able to gather, process, and use materials at the site where explorations are made and settlements are planted.
Haym Benaroya   +2 more
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Ceres and In Situ Resource Utilization

2015
Although Mars is the most frequently cited destination for manned missions, Ceres, with its shallow gravity well and enormous water resources, may be even a more interesting site, and one that becomes reachable via electric propulsion. This chapter describes a roundtrip mission to the Ceresian environment, and also explores the potential for in situ ...
Brian McConnell, Alexander Tolley
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