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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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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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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Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Lunar Soil Simulants [PDF]
Materials, 2022 In the near future, permanent human settlements on the Moon will become increasingly realistic. It is very likely that the Moon will serve as a transit point for deep space exploration (e.g., to Mars). The key to human presence on the Moon is the ability to erect the necessary structures and habitats using locally available materials, such as lunar ...
Marzena Damięcka-Suchocka, Jacek Katzer
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Preparation Method of Lunar Soil Simulant and Experimental Verification of the Performance of an Impact Penetrator for Lunar Soil Exploration [PDF]
Machines, 2022 The exploration and investigation of lunar soil can provide necessary information for human beings to understand the Moon’s geological evolution history and solar activity, and is also of great significance for human beings to search for new energy ...
He Li, Yuanbo Li, Minyu Wei, Yi Shen
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Phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria improve the growth of Nicotiana benthamiana on lunar regolith simulant by dissociating insoluble inorganic phosphorus [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2023 In-situ utilization of lunar soil resources will effectively improve the self-sufficiency of bioregenerative life support systems for future lunar bases.
Yitong Xia +3 more
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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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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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