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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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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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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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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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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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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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Planetary Regolith Delivery Systems for ISRU [PDF]

Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2013
The challenges associated with collecting regolith on a planetary surface and delivering it to an in-situ resource utilization system differ significantly from similar activities conducted on Earth. Since system maintenance on a planetary body can be difficult or impossible to do, high reliability and service life are expected of a regolith delivery ...
James G. Mantovani, Ivan I. Townsend
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