What Role Will NASA Play In Developing ISRU On The Moon? - by AndyTomaswick
UT video explaining the concept of in-situ resource utilization.
The PowerPoint describes a dual path system, one focusing on an oxygen/metal production process and one focusing on ice mining. The oxygen/metal production process has been the focus of a lot of research as of late, and an equivalent system was recently tested on Mars’s surface. So far, lunar equivalents have only been tested on Earth with regolith simulant, but they have proven successful.
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