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Metal-Organic Frameworks Promoted Hydrogen Storage Properties of Magnesium Hydride for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) on Mars

open access: yesFrontiers 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 ...
Ze Zhang   +9 more
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Sustainable Water Systems in Space: A Review of Current Technologies and Future Prospects

open access: yesWater Resources Research
Sustainable 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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Overview of the Lunar In Situ Resource Utilization Techniques for Future Lunar Missions

open access: yesSpace: 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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Thermodynamic modeling of in-situ rocket propellant fabrication on Mars

open access: yesiScience, 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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Design-to-Robotic-Production of Underground Habitats on Mars

open access: yesSpool, 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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Biofuel Production Via in Situ Resource Utilization on Mars [PDF]

open access: yesE3S 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 access: yesOpen 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   +2 more
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Adapting a Mars ISRU System to the Changing Mars Environment

open access: yesSpace: 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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The microstructure and mechanical properties of microwave-heated lunar simulants at different input powers under vacuum

open access: yesScientific 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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Hydrogels Improve Plant Growth in Mars Analog Conditions

open access: yesFrontiers 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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