March 2016
Searching for water in the Solar System
... and systematic mapping and mineralogical characterisation of the body are necessary to assess its actual potential for in situ resources. Dedicated missions to Phobos have failed to date but the interest of the community for this object has...
March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
... section substantially increases the rights of private space actors. Section 51303 grants several property rights to the in situ resources gathered in space. These include the right to obtain, transport, own, sell and use the...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... capability, in-space propulsion, deep space navigation and communication, working in space, science, deep space operations, in-situ resource utilisation, deep space habitation and crew health. This progression of missions to a Mars Base Camp is not...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... the Martian environment instead of bringing them from Earth. Recycling air would be a good supplement to in situ resource utilization (ISRU) but refinements in recycling technology would be necessary as current technology is impractical on very long...
26 February 2021
Lunar levitation track system among new ideas funded by NASA
... Electromagnetic Radiation (SCATTER). Amelia Greig, University of Texas in El Paso : Ablative Arc Mining for In-Situ Resource Utilization. Zachary Manchester, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh : Kilometre-Scale Space Structures from a Single...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... using the planet’s own sand and dust. Such in-situ resource utilization makes it possible to make significant savings on the...shipping them from Earth, an application known as in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), it’s possible to make significant ...
