NASA NTRS · 20030062176
JSC Mars-1 Martian Soil Simulant: Melting Experiments and Electron Microprobe Studies
Abstract
JSC Mars-1 has been developed as a Martian regolith simulant, and is the <1 mm size fraction of a palagonitic tephra (a glassy volcanic ash altered at low temperatures) from Pu'u Nene cinder cone on the Island of Hawaii. The Mars-1 simulant forms the basis for numerous terrestrial studies which aim to evaluate the suitability of Martian soil for materials processing. Martian soil may be sintered to form building materials for construction, and also melted or reacted to extract metals for various uses, as well as oxygen for life support.
Keep this discovery
Explore connections, maps & timelines
Carpenter, P., Sebille, L., Boles, W., Chadwell, M., Schwarz, L.. 2003-01-01. JSC Mars-1 Martian Soil Simulant: Melting Experiments and Electron Microprobe Studies. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20030062176
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.