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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