... come from? One idea is to mobilise the CO2 ice stored in the Martian polar caps and in the regolith (the Martian soil). But the amount of CO2 stored in these reservoirs is probably only a few hundred millibars...
... is a modular 3D-printed Mars habitat using a novel construction technique called ‘lava-casting’. The habitat is made from regolith, a readily available surface material found on Mars, and uses the abundant energy resource of the sun to construct...
... the Moon ‘day’ (250F) and very frigid temperatures (-380F) during a Moon ‘night’. Moon dust, called regolith, will also be a serious hazard for astronauts and their equipment. The Moon does, however, promise large...
... operations area is projected to be approximately 900 m2, including experiment preparation areas. The testbed will comprise a lunar regolith simulant sourced from the local Eifel region volcanic and basalt sources, which provides a satisfactory...
... by rover tracks, engine exhaust or even eventually, new footprints. Tests were done on the way the lunar regolith is disturbed in different controlled conditions. A 93-page document emerged from these studies with the title ‘Recommendations to Space...
... and overwhelming relief of all concerned. One of the experiments the astronauts left behind on the dusty lunar regolith was the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment (LLRE). The LLRE is made of quartz corner reflectors similar to bicycle...