Mars In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) with Focus on Atmospheric Processing for Near-Term Application—A Historical Review and Appraisal [PDF]
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)The inspirational paper by Ash, Dowler, and Varsi in 1978, proposing to utilize in situ resources on Mars (ISRU) rather than bringing them from Earth, originated the field of Mars ISRU that has been the subject of research ever since.
Vassilis J. Inglezakis, Donald Rapp
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Integrating resource utilization and bioregenerative life support systems for sustainable space exploration [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe long-term presence of humans in space depends on reducing reliance on Earth's resupply of materials and resources. In situ resource utilization (ISRU) represents a sustainable approach to support human activities in space by converting local ...
Mattia Esposito +21 more
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From Earth to Mars: a perspective on exploiting biomineralization for Martian construction [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe 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 +2 more
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Development and flight-testing of modular autonomous cultivation systems for biological plastics upcycling aboard the ISS [PDF]
npj MicrogravityCultivation 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 +15 more
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Production of Martian fiber by in-situ resource utilization strategy [PDF]
iScienceSummary: 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 +12 more
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Frontiers in Materials, 2021 Hydrogen is regarded as a promising solution to fulfill the energy demand of Mars human base in the future. Through in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) on Mars, the composite of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and magnesium hydride which demonstrates ...
Haoming Wang
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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 +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 +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 +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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