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Sustainable Water Systems in Space: A Review of Current Technologies and Future Prospects
Water Resources ResearchSustainable water management is a critical challenge in space exploration, where the limited availability of resources requires innovative approaches to ensure astronauts' survival on long‐duration missions.
David Bamidele Olawade +2 more
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Toward Building Sustainable Mars Infrastructure: A CO<sub>2</sub>-Breathing Plasma Thruster for Orbit Maintenance and In Situ Oxygen Generation. [PDF]
Glob ChallThis study demonstrates a CO2‐breathing plasma thruster capable of producing high thrust and generating oxygen directly from the Martian atmosphere. By combining propulsion with in situ resource utilization, the system enables long‐duration satellite orbit maintenance and supports future human exploration.
Taploo A, Duppada GS, Keidar M.
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Hydrogels Improve Plant Growth in Mars Analog Conditions
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 Sustainable human settlement on Mars will require in situ resource utilization (ISRU), the collection and utilization of Mars-based resources, including notably water and a substrate for food production.
Frédéric Peyrusson
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Scientific Reports, 2023 To achieve a sustainable human presence on the Moon, it is critical to develop technologies utilising the local resources (a.k.a. in-situ resource utilisation or ISRU) for construction and resource extraction.
Sungwoo Lim +4 more
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Lunar ISRU energy storage and electricity generation [PDF]
Acta Astronautica, 2020 The survival of the astronauts and their equipment is the priority for any long-term exploration mission to the Moon. The provision of energy during the long lunar nights is a critical part of these missions. Several approaches have recently been considered to store and provide energy on the Moon by means of ISRU (In-Situ Resource Utilisation).
Mario F. Palos +4 more
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Adapting a Mars ISRU System to the Changing Mars Environment
Space: Science & Technology, 2023 This study modeled the performance of a full-scale Mars in situ resource utilization (ISRU) system to produce 30 metric tons of liquid O2, operated for 14 months at half-hourly intervals as the Mars environment changes diurnally and seasonally.
Donald Rapp, Eric Hinterman
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Extraterrestrial In-Situ Resource Utilization: Mission Requirements and Key Technologies [PDF]
中国工程科学With the leapfrog development of space technologies, extraterrestrial in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) is transitioning from a frontier concept to engineering practices.
Cheng Zhou +4 more
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Nature Communications, 2021 Returning from Mars to Earth requires propellant. The authors propose a biotechnology-enabled in situ resource utilization (bioISRU) process to produce a Mars specific rocket propellant, 2,3-butanediol, using cyanobacteria and engineered E.
Nicholas S. Kruyer +4 more
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Sintering of ceramics for clay in situ resource utilization on Mars
Open Ceramics, 2020 The sintering of wet processed Mars global simulant green bodies is explored. Green bodies shaped using slip casting, throwing on a potter’s wheel and additive manufacturing, including material extrusion (robocasting) and layerwise slurry deposition (LSD)
David Karl +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 For a sustainable human presence on the Moon, it is critical to develop technologies that could utilise the locally available resources (a.k.a. in situ resource utilisation or ISRU) for habitat construction.
Sungwoo Lim +5 more
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