October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... The excavation approach utilises a backhoe to scoop the icy regolith into an oar cart which is transferred to a central ...vapour capture dome is placed on the oar cart and the icy regolith is heated, sublimating the ice. The water vapour is routed ...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... of their best-kept secrets. Some of these fingerprints may help us ‘see through’ the complicated physical processes of regolith formation and determine, for example, whether the isotopic composition of the elements making up the volatile materials...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... 3D printing can be combined to enable exploration missions on the Martian surface. Many of the concepts, like the sintering of regolith, are already being proposed for lunar exploration. The techniques would need to be further developed and tested...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... may be accessible for underground habitation by researchers and settlers in the future. Using local building material from regolith might seal off these natural features to allow for partial or full pressurisation, avoiding costly Earth-originated...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... first step towards the design of an advanced locomotive system is to understand the micro and macro-mechanics of lunar regolith. In line with our aim to follow a step-by-step process, we first need to study the effects of increased traversing...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... payload element is going to establish a comprehensive inventory of lunar polar volatiles found in the lunar exosphere, the surface regolith, and the subsurface at the landing site. As the mission will naturally target a landing site where there...
