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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, Melissa C. Roth, Vincent G. Roux, Joshua R. Smith   +3 more
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Preparation Method of Lunar Soil Simulant and Experimental Verification of the Performance of an Impact Penetrator for Lunar Soil Exploration

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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Pilbara Craton Soil as A Possible Lunar Soil Simulant for Civil Engineering Applications [PDF]

Materials, 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.
Janusz Kobaka, Jacek Katzer, Paweł K Zarzycki   +2 more
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Improving Lunar Soil Simulant for Plant Cultivation: Earthworm-Mediated Organic Waste Integration and Plant-Microbe Interactions [PDF]

Plants
Long-term human residence on the Moon is an inevitable trend in lunar exploration, necessitating the development of Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSSs).
Zhongfu Wang, Sihan Hou, Boyang Liao, Zhikai Yao, Yuting Zhu, Hong Liu, Jiajie Feng   +6 more
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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, Yu Yuan, Chenxi Li, Zhencai Sun   +3 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, James Bowen, Giulia Degli-Alessandrini, Mahesh Anand, Aidan Cowley, Vibha Levin Prabhu   +5 more
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Preparation and Characterization of High-Strength Geopolymer Based on BH-1 Lunar Soil Simulant with Low Alkali Content

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, Chenghong Lu, Xingyi Zhu, Feng Li   +3 more
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Development and characterization of a regional lunar soil simulant for emirates lunar missions

International Journal of Mining Science and Technology
Lunar soil simulants (LSS) have been pivotal in the success of past and current lunar missions. They have enhanced the design of lander and rover wheels through interaction studies on the lunar testbed under simulated environmental conditions.
Bo Peng, Prabu Thannasi, Waleed El-Sekelly, Tarek Abdoun, Kemal Celik   +4 more
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Telomere dynamics and oxidative stress in Arabidopsis grown in lunar regolith simulant [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
NASA envisions a future where humans establish a thriving colony on the Moon by 2050. Plants will be essential for this endeavor, but little is known about their adaptation to extraterrestrial bodies.
Borja Barbero Barcenilla, Ishan Kundel, Emily Hall, Nicolas Hilty, Pavel Ulianich, Jillian Cook, Jake Turley, Monisha Yerram, Ji-Hee Min, Claudia Castillo-González, Dorothy E. Shippen   +10 more
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Biomining of lunar regolith simulant EAC-1 A with the fungus Penicillium simplicissimum [PDF]

Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
Background On a future lunar habitat, acquiring needed resources in situ will inevitably come from the Lunar regolith. Biomining, i.e. the use of microorganisms to extract metals from the regolith, is sustainable and energy-efficient, making it highly ...
João Figueira, Stella Koch, Daniel W. Müller, Sebastian Slawik, Aidan Cowley, Ralf Moeller, Marta Cortesão   +6 more
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