"Proposed new testing facility for cold and operational long duration t" by Paul van Susante and Russell G. Alger
 

Proposed new testing facility for cold and operational long duration testing of lunar and Mars ISRU and mobility

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2019

Department

Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics

Abstract

Mining water and other resources from the Moon, Mars, and asteroids requires development and testing of mining equipment. We propose to develop a test facility for large scale, long duration ISRU testing under simulated lunar and martian conditions.

Publication Title

Lunar ISRU 2019 - Developing a New Space Economy Through Lunar Resources and Their Utilization

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