June 2017
How to build a Moon base cheaply
... containers. Then, a new membrane or net is installed instead of the pierced one (or the existing membrane is patched up), the regolith is loosened or partially replaced, the lock is opened, and the collection container is once again ready for use...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
... prospecting would work during actual lunar roving, (2) the RP rover charging in the Sun and (3) excavating lunar regolith from as deep as 1m below the surface, and processing in the OVEN subsystem. Mission overview Resource Prospector is a Phase...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
... Researchers figuring out how to make habitats out of lunar regolith, the abrasive dust and sharp rocks of the surface, ...Center’s Heather Oravec performs a test on simulated lunar regolith while developing an instrument called a vacuum bevameter that...
October 2018
Could salty brines be the key to microbial life on Mars?
... water) are likely widespread through the shallow Martian regolith (the loose surface deposits), and that the characteristics... the extreme low temperature conditions experienced within the Martian regolith. The flat patch at the centre of the image...
May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... could be used in future fusion reactors. As the PSRs are shaded from the Sun, the surface material or ‘regolith’ is expected to contain less helium-3 than more exposed regions, which further diminishes the attraction of these regions...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... printed lunar habitat. Themes are clustered under landscape architecture and technical and operations. The Redwire Regolith Print study aims to demonstrate manufacturing on board the International Space Station (ISS) using a process similar to fused...
