September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... cost effectively will be through reusable launch vehicles. A concept for constructing a lunar base using automated 3D printers, making use of lunar regolith as building material. SpaceX recently succeeded in the Falcon-9 launch of astronauts to the...
January 2023
LUNAR OASIS – architectural visions for an integrated lunar habitat
... for the various concepts of near-term future lunar research facilities and presenting common themes related to ... protect from harmful impacts, a multilayer construction using lunar regolith was necessary. The entrance area provides a shelter-like ...
11 December 2020
A US company is aiming to race rovers on the Moon next year
... for the US space agency. Nasa is paying the Colorado-based company $1 (£0.74), a sum proposed by Lunar Outpost, to collect a small sample of lunar regolith, which the company will collect with its Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform, or MAPP. The...
July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
...fair and was later developed as an actual payload for the lunar mission. The 2D clinostat and its control box, used to ...of a Moon colony critical. Research has proved that simulated lunar regolith can support the growth of plants. However, plants on ...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
...arrays on the peaks of eternal light. Long shadows on the lunar surface. Oblique view of the Moon’s surface photographed by Apollo ...did not find it inert and inactive. The gravity, lunar regolith and dust, and lack of atmosphere creates an environment...
07 October 2020
UK-based Spacebit secures second mission to the Moon in 2021
...higher chances of landing on the moon and conducting robotic prospecting and characterization of resources available in the lunar regolith - one of Spacebit’s key focus areas,” Spacebit says. “Intuitive Machines was founded to support both government...
