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From Earth to Mars: a perspective on exploiting biomineralization for Martian construction [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology
The future of Mars colonization hinges on the ability to construct durable infrastructure using locally available resources. Given the high cost and logistical complexity of transporting construction materials to Mars, the development of autonomous in ...
Shiva Khoshtinat, Jared Long-Fox, Seyed Mohammad Javad Hosseini   +2 more
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Development and flight-testing of modular autonomous cultivation systems for biological plastics upcycling aboard the ISS [PDF]

npj Microgravity
Cultivation of microorganisms in space has enormous potential to enable in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) Here, we develop an autonomous payload with fully programmable serial passaging and sample preservation, termed the Modular Open Biological ...
Xin Liu, Pat Pataranutaporn, Benjamin Fram, Allison Z. Werner, Sunanda Sharma, Nicholas P. Gauthier, Erika Erickson, Patrick Chwalek, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Morgan A. Ingraham, Natasha P. Murphy, Krista A. Ryon, Braden T. Tierney, Gregg T. Beckham, Christopher E. Mason, Ariel Ekblaw   +15 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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Positioning, navigation, and timing on the Moon and Mars with galactic cosmic rays [PDF]

iScience
Summary: The muometric wireless navigation system (MuWNS) is a technology enabling signal reception for machine controlling and communication systems underground where a radio or GPS signal would normally be lost.
G. Leone, H.K.M. Tanaka, M. Holma, S. Krishnan, A.R. Duffy, T. Enqvist, P. Kuusiniemi, J. Joutsenvaara, G. Cerretto, E. Cantoni, M. Sellone, J. Marteau, D. Lo Presti, J.G. Szűcs, D. Varga   +14 more
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Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE) [PDF]

Space Science Reviews, 2021
MOXIE is a technology demonstration that addresses the Mars 2020 (Perseverance) objective of preparing for future human exploration by demonstrating In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) in the form of dissociating atmospheric CO2 into O2. The primary goals of the MOXIE project are to verify and validate the technology of Mars ISRU as a springboard for ...
Hecht, M., Hoffman, J., Rapp, D., McClean, J., SooHoo, J., Schaefer, R., Aboobaker, A., Mellstrom, J., Hartvigsen, J., Meyen, F., Hinterman, E., Voecks, G., Liu, A., Nasr, M., Lewis, J., Johnson, J., Guernsey, C., Swoboda, J., Eckert, C., Alcalde, C., Poirier, M., Khopkar, P., Elangovan, S., Madsen, M., Smith, P., Graves, Christopher R., Sanders, G., Araghi, K., de la Torre Juarez, M., Larsen, D., Agui, J., Burns, A., Lackner, K., Nielsen, R., Pike, T., Tata, B., Wilson, K., Brown, T., Disarro, T., Morris, R., Schaefer, R., Steinkraus, R., Surampudi, R., Werne, T., Ponce, A.   +44 more
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Overview of the Lunar In Situ Resource Utilization Techniques for Future Lunar Missions

Space: Science & Technology, 2023
Along with the rapid development of space technology, extraterrestrial exploration has gradually tended to further-distanced and longer-termed planet exploration.
Peng Zhang, Wei Dai, Ran Niu, Guang Zhang, Guanghui Liu, Xin Liu, Zheng Bo, Zhi Wang, Haibo Zheng, Chengbao Liu, Hanzhe Yang, Yifan Bai, Yang Zhang, Dong Yan, Kefa Zhou, Ming Gao   +15 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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Thermodynamic modeling of in-situ rocket propellant fabrication on Mars

iScience, 2022
Summary: In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) to refuel rockets on Mars will become critical in the future. The current effort presents a thorough feasibility analysis of a scalable, Matlab-based, integrated ISRU framework from the standpoint of the ...
Shah Saud Alam, Christopher Depcik, Sindhu Preetham Burugupally, Jared Hobeck, Ethan McDaniel   +4 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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Review of space resources processing for Mars missions: Martian simulants, regolith bonding concepts and additive manufacturing

Open Ceramics, 2022
Scientific exploration of extraterrestrial planets has gripped human imagination since the advent of space travel. Human missions to Mars could produce insight into the essential questions of how, when and where life began on Earth.
David Karl, Kevin M. Cannon, Aleksander Gurlo   +2 more
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