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Lunar Resource Utilization: Development of a Reactor for Volatile Extraction from Regolith [PDF]
, 2007 The extraction and processing of planetary resources into useful products, known as In- Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), will have a profound impact on the future of planetary exploration. One such effort is the RESOLVE (Regolith and Environment Science,
Kleinhenz, Julie E. +2 more
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Journal of Physics: Conference SeriesAbstract To ensure the accuracy and scientific validity of simulation results in discrete element simulation of simulated lunar soil and sieve wheels for lunar surface probes, a method for calibrating the simulation parameters of an analog lunar soil simulation using a box-Behnken experimental design is proposed.
Liangliang Zhao +6 more
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Development and mechanical properties of structural materials from lunar simulant [PDF]
Development of versatile engineering materials from locally available materials in space is an important step toward establishment of outposts such as on the moon and Mars.
Desai, Chandra S.
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Polarization Changes in Lunar Simulant Soil: The Role of Incident, Reflection, and Off‐Plane Angles
Earth and Space ScienceObserving the polarization of the lunar regolith is essential for obtaining detailed information about the composition and characteristics of lunar soil.
Jinkyu Kim +5 more
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Lunar Polar Environmental Testing: Regolith Simulant Conditioning [PDF]
As ISRU system development approaches flight fidelity, there is a need to test hardware in relevant environments. Extensive laboratory and field testing have involved relevant soil (lunar regolith simulants), but the current design iterations necessitate
Kleinhenz, Julie
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A Method to Perform Direct Oxygen Analysis on Lunar Simulants and Other Complex Oxide Materials [PDF]
, 2007 An essential requirement for making space travel and long term missions more efficient and affordable to NASA includes finding innovative ways to supply oxygen for life support and propulsion.
Santiago-Maldonado, Edgardo
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LUVMI: an innovative payload for the sampling of volatiles at the Lunar poles [PDF]
, 2017 The ISECG identifies one of the first exploration steps as in situ investigations of the moon or asteroids. Europe is developing payload concepts for drilling and sample analysis, a contribution to a 250kg rover as well as for sample return.
Aked, Richard +19 more
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Frontiers in Astronomy and Space SciencesSustainable food production is essential for long-duration Lunar missions, driving the development of in situ resource utilization strategies that use lunar regolith (LR) as a growth substrate for food crop cultivation.
Jessica Atkin +5 more
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Lunar composite production [PDF]
A minimally processed composite material derived from lunar soil and possessing tensile strength is described.
Lewis, William
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, 2004 The Beagle 2 microscope provides optical images of the Martian surface at a resolution 5x higher than any other experiment currently planned.
Beauvivre, S. +14 more
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