Improving Lunar Soil Simulant for Plant Cultivation: Earthworm-Mediated Organic Waste Integration and Plant-Microbe Interactions [PDF]
PlantsLong-term human residence on the Moon is an inevitable trend in lunar exploration, necessitating the development of Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSSs).
Zhongfu Wang +6 more
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Magnetic field coupling with lunar soil simulants [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Wireless power transfer (WPT) using magnetically coupled resonators is being integrated into space vehicles destined for the lunar surface. The dusty soil on the Moon, called lunar regolith, is known to adhere to surfaces and is also known to contain ...
Shanti M. Garman +3 more
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Pilbara Craton Soil as A Possible Lunar Soil Simulant for Civil Engineering Applications. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2019 Recent fast development in lunar exploration exposed a lack of lunar soil simulant (LSS) fit for civil engineering applications. Permanent human presence on the Moon will be associated with significant construction efforts. Adequate technologies and building materials have to be developed and tested prior to setting the actual building site on the Moon.
Kobaka J, Katzer J, Zarzycki PK.
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Analysis of the Direct Shear Test and Microstructure of the Lunar Soil Simulant Solidified by Sodium Silicate [PDF]
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2022 The lunar soil is an ideal building material for future lunar base construction. In order to improve the strength of lunar soil, basalt with similar composition to lunar soil was used to simulate lunar soil due to lack of real lunar soil, and the ...
Qinyong Ma, Hanyan Wang
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Investigating the microwave heating behaviour of lunar soil simulant JSC-1A at different input powers [PDF]
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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Experimental Study on Geopolymerization of Lunar Soil Simulant under Dry Curing and Sealed Curing. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)The construction of lunar surface roads is conducive to improving the efficiency of lunar space transportation. The use of lunar in situ resources is the key to the construction of lunar bases.
Gu J, Ma Q.
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Materials & Design, 2022 Hybrid microwave sintering is considered a promising method to produce densified components using in-situ resources for lunar construction. This study aimed to examine the effects of primary microwave sintering parameters on the densification ...
Shayan Gholami +6 more
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Engineering, 2021 The construction of a lunar base and habitation on the Moon has always been on researchers’ minds. Building materials used in in situ lunar resources are of great significance for saving expensive space freight.
Siqi Zhou +3 more
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Updating "Intensity dataset acquired through laser scanning of lunar and Martian soil simulants" with additional lunar soil simulants specimens. [PDF]
Data Brief, 2023 Updated dataset based on the laser scanning of three specimens of lunar soil simulants representing highland regions (LHS-1, AGK-2010, CHENOBI) and three specimens of lunar soil simulants representing mare regions (LMS-1, JSC-1A, OPRL2N). In previous studies, only a specimen of ilmenite was used as a lunar soil simulants.
Damięcka-Suchocka M, Katzer J.
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LZS-1, Lanzarote (Canary Island, Spain) lunar (Apollo 14) basaltic soil simulant [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 The search for Terrestrial Analogues is essential for the development of future permanent or semi-permanent lunar bases. Terrestrial Analogues are zones where it is possible to probe not only scientific instruments, but also other astronaut capabilities ...
Fernando Alberquilla +3 more
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