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The In-Situ Resource Utilization Project Under the New Exploration Enterprise [PDF]

, 2010
The In Situ Resource Utilization Project under the Exploration Technology Development Program has been investing in technologies to produce Oxygen from the regolith of the moon for the last few years.
Larson, William E., Sanders, Gerald B.
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An Automatic Dry Sieving Mechanism for a Lunar Brick Payload

Applied Sciences
This paper presents the design, implementation, and testing of an automated sieve system tailored for lunar regolith sorting to support ISRU applications, specifically targeting particles of 500 μm size.
Bram Verbruggen, Xiaochen Zhang, Aidan Cowley, Kathryn Hadler   +3 more
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Neutron Measurements at the Lunar Surface (NMLS) [PDF]

The Neutron Measurement System (NMS-Lunar) is an instrument payload manifested on Astrobotics Peregrine Mission One (M1). Astrobotic Mission One will land at Lacus Mortis (~44oN, 254oE).
Apple, J., Bertone, P., Caffrey, J., Haviland, H. Fuqua   +3 more
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Neutral Solar Wind Generated by Lunar Exospheric Dust at the Terminator

, 2007
We calculate the flux of neutral solar wind observed on the lunar surface at the terminator due to solar wind protons penetrating exospheric dust grains with (1) radii greater than 0.1 microns and (2) radii greater than 0.01 microns.
Abramowitz, Berg, Borisov, Brinkfeldt, Carrier III, Collier, Collier, Collier, Collier, Colwell, Criswell, De, Demond, Dwek, Eder, Elphic, Fahr, Farrell, Farrell, Figueroa, Freeman, Gruntman, Halekas, Heiken, Holzer, Hood, Johnson, Kallenbach, Liu, McCoy, McCoy, Michael R. Collier, Moore, Murphy, Park, Rennilson, Richardson, Roelof, Roelof, Rucinski, Schmitt, Severny, Stern, Stubbs, Stubbs, Stubbs, Stubbs, Stubbs, Taguchi, Taguchi, Timothy J. Stubbs, Wang, Wimmer-Schweingruber, Zook   +53 more
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NASA's In-Situ Resource Utilization Project: Current Accomplishments and Exciting Future Plans [PDF]

, 2010
The utilization of Space resources has been identified in publications for over 40 years for its potential as a "game changing" technology for the human exploration of Space.
Larson, William E., Sacksteder, Kurt R., Sanders, Gerald B.   +2 more
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Prospectives in Deep Space Infrastructures, Development, and Colonization [PDF]

The realization of the long studied cost reduction benefits of reusable rockets is expected to revolutionize and enable both commercial deep space beyond Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and solar system human colonization. The projections for a myriad of
Bushnell, Dennis M., Moses, Robert W.
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Advancements in Mars Habitation Technologies and Terrestrial Simulation Projects: A Comprehensive Review

Aerospace
This review examines advancements in Mars habitation technologies, emphasizing Earth-based analog missions and closed-loop life support systems critical for long-duration human presence on the Red Planet.
Yubin Zhong, Tao Wu, Yan Han, Feiyang Wang, Dan Zhao, Zhen Fang, Linxin Pan, Chen Tang   +7 more
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A Permanent Human Lunar Surface Presence Enabled by a CLV Class JUMP Lander [PDF]

There are compelling advantages of a human presence on the surface of the Moon, as evidenced partly by the preponderance of lunar surface architectures that have existed throughout NASA, industry, and academia since the Apollo program.
Howard, Robert L., Jr.
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Component and System Sensitivity Considerations for Design of a Lunar ISRU Oxygen Production Plant [PDF]

, 2009
Component and system sensitivities of some design parameters of ISRU system components are analyzed. The differences between terrestrial and lunar excavation are discussed, and a qualitative comparison of large and small excavators is started. The effect
Balasubramaniam, Ramaswamy, Gokoglu, Suleyman, Hegde, Uday G., Linne, Diane L., Santiago-Maldonado, Edgardo   +4 more
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Polyextremophile engineering: a review of organisms that push the limits of life

Frontiers in Microbiology
Nature exhibits an enormous diversity of organisms that thrive in extreme environments. From snow algae that reproduce at sub-zero temperatures to radiotrophic fungi that thrive in nuclear radiation at Chernobyl, extreme organisms raise many questions ...
Joaquin Caro-Astorga, Joseph T. Meyerowitz, Devon A. Stork, Una Nattermann, Samantha Piszkiewicz, Lara Vimercati, Petra Schwendner, Antoine Hocher, Charles Cockell, Erika DeBenedictis, Erika DeBenedictis   +10 more
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