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Jen Pierce

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Mineral Processing... In Space

NASA is tasked with exploring the solar system and expanding the U.S. economy into space (among other things). Neither is sustainable over the long term without making use of the natural resources available out there, but the operating environments will be very different from anything encountered in all mineral processing history. This update outlines what’s planned, what’s being studied, and the crucial part that the mineral industry will play.

mineral processing

Fundamental Regolith Properties, Handling and Water Capture (FLEET)

Overarching goal is to demonstrate, through modeling and fundamental tests, five design concepts, including: one design concept for fundamental excavation force reduction, two design concepts for regolith soil handling, and two design concepts for mobile water collection.

Lunar Regolith