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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, Wenbo Qin, Yuyue Gao, Jin Qiao, Lieyun Ding   +4 more
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Cultivating watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Martian regolith simulant after seed inoculation with plant growth-promoting bacteria [PDF]

Comprehensive Plant Biology
The human colonisation of space is no longer confined to the realm of science fiction. Among various celestial bodies, Mars has emerged as a primary target for long-term human settlement in the future.
Marina Sokić, Iva Rosić, Ivana Marić, Slaviša Stanković, Tanja Berić   +4 more
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Designing the bioproduction of Martian rocket propellant via a biotechnology-enabled in situ resource utilization strategy

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, Matthew J. Realff, Wenting Sun, Caroline L. Genzale, Pamela Peralta-Yahya   +4 more
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Vacuum Pyrolysis and Related ISRU Techniques [PDF]

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2007
A number of ISRU-related techniques have been developed at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The focus of the team has been on development of the vacuum pyrolysis technique for the production of oxygen from the lunar regolith. However, a number of related techniques have also been developed, including solar concentration, solar heating of regolith ...
Eric H. Cardiff, Brian R. Pomeroy, Ian S. Banks, Alexis Benz   +3 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, Franz Kamutzki, Pedro Lima, Albert Gili, Thomas Duminy, Andrea Zocca, Jens Günster, Aleksander Gurlo   +7 more
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Iron can be microbially extracted from Lunar and Martian regolith simulants and 3D printed into tough structural materials.

PLoS ONE, 2021
In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) is increasingly acknowledged as an essential requirement for the construction of sustainable extra-terrestrial colonies.
Sofie M Castelein, Tom F Aarts, Juergen Schleppi, Ruud Hendrikx, Amarante J Böttger, Dominik Benz, Maude Marechal, Advenit Makaya, Stan J J Brouns, Martin Schwentenwein, Anne S Meyer, Benjamin A E Lehner   +11 more
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Investigating the microwave heating behaviour of lunar soil simulant JSC-1A at different input powers

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, James Bowen, Giulia Degli-Alessandrini, Mahesh Anand, Aidan Cowley, Vibha Levin Prabhu   +5 more
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Additive manufacturing of metallic glass from powder in space

npj Microgravity, 2023
Additive manufacturing of metals – and in particular building with laser-based powder bed fusion – is highly flexible and allows high-resolution features and feedstock savings. Meanwhile, though space stations in low Earth orbit are established, a set of
Christian Neumann, Johannes Thore, Mélanie Clozel, Jens Günster, Janka Wilbig, Andreas Meyer   +5 more
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Volatile Characterisation Instrumentation for ISRU applications [PDF]

, 2019
Key to the success of any future mission(s) aimed at prospecting and extracting lunar volatiles is the availability of miniaturised instruments to identify and characterise the volatile inventory on and below the lunar surface. We will discuss two instruments, which are in development under the EU funded Lunar Volatiles Mobile Instrumentation (LUVMI ...
Sheridan, Simon, Morse, Andrew, Barber, S. J., Schwanethal, James, Biswas, Janos, Reiss, P, Raganaz, M, Richter, Lutz   +7 more
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Review of In Situ Resource Utilization-Based Biocementation and Regolith Consolidation Techniques for Space Applications

Buildings
With the advancement of space exploration, the development of sustainable construction technologies has become essential for the establishment of enduring extraterrestrial habitats.
Zhen Yan, Satoru Kawasaki
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