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A 90-day #Mars 🔴 transit is technically feasible using chemical propulsion capabilities - specifically, the SpaceX #Starship. This markedly shorter transit time has the potential to reduce #radiation ☢️ exposure, minimize microgravity-related #health risks, and lower the logistical burdens of prolonged spaceflight. #ISRU remains an outstanding concern that #SpaceX / #NASA must address before human 🧑‍🚀 missions can take place https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-00565-7

#University #Science #MarsColonization

Researchers at the #Ohio State #University proposed using a specialized laser-based #3Dprinting method to turn lunar regolith into hardened building material. This technology could also lead to resilient #habitats that will enable a long-term human presence on the #Moon, #Mars, and beyond 🪐 https://spectrum.ieee.org/lunar-base-3d-printing

#ISRU #MoonBase #Artemis #NASA

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116165844472175049

#Astrolab is developing a larger rover that can accommodate about 3 cubic meters of payload. The excavating 🪏 equipment would go under the belly of the rover. It is likely that a #FLEX rover will be on the first #SpaceX #Starship mission planned to fly to the Moon 🌙 in 2027 or 2028

#SpaceMining #ISRU

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116165844472175049

#Astrolab is developing a larger rover that can accommodate about 3 cubic meters of payload. The excavating 🪏 equipment would go under the belly of the rover. It is likely that a #FLEX rover will be on the first #SpaceX #Starship mission planned to fly to the Moon 🌙 in 2027 or 2028

#SpaceMining #ISRU

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116165844472175049

#Astrolab is developing a larger rover that can accommodate about 3 cubic meters of payload. The excavating 🪏 equipment would go under the belly of the rover. It is likely that a #FLEX rover will be on the first #SpaceX #Starship mission planned to fly to the Moon 🌙 in 2027 or 2028

#SpaceMining #ISRU

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116165844472175049

#Astrolab is developing a larger rover that can accommodate about 3 cubic meters of payload. The excavating 🪏 equipment would go under the belly of the rover. It is likely that a #FLEX rover will be on the first #SpaceX #Starship mission planned to fly to the Moon 🌙 in 2027 or 2028

#SpaceMining #ISRU

The #ZEUS #SBSP #satellite constellation is designed to harness #solar ☀️ power and transmit it wirelessly to the lunar base. It will enable the continuous operation of #ISRU facilities at the lunar🌙 South Pole https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652500270X

#wireless #power #transfer #IRS #SpaceSystems #University #Stuttgart

The #ZEUS #SBSP #satellite constellation is designed to harness #solar ☀️ power and transmit it wirelessly to the lunar base. It will enable the continuous operation of #ISRU facilities at the lunar🌙 South Pole https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652500270X

#wireless #power #transfer #IRS #SpaceSystems #University #Stuttgart

The #ZEUS #SBSP #satellite constellation is designed to harness #solar ☀️ power and transmit it wirelessly to the lunar base. It will enable the continuous operation of #ISRU facilities at the lunar🌙 South Pole https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652500270X

#wireless #power #transfer #IRS #SpaceSystems #University #Stuttgart

The #ZEUS #SBSP #satellite constellation is designed to harness #solar ☀️ power and transmit it wirelessly to the lunar base. It will enable the continuous operation of #ISRU facilities at the lunar🌙 South Pole https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652500270X

#wireless #power #transfer #IRS #SpaceSystems #University #Stuttgart

Extracting lunar water ice 🧊 profitably requires deploying at least 20 tons of mining equipment to the surface. Even with #SpaceX’s #Starship potentially dropping costs to $10 million per ton, you’re looking at $200 million just for equipment delivery.
The future of lunar mining ⚒️ : remote operators control trucks, #AI optimizes drill patterns. #Robotic systems handle materials in environments humans rarely enter https://spacenews.com/the-lunar-mining-gold-rush-is-coming-and-success-requires-bridging-two-worlds

#SpaceMining #ISRU

#SpaceDebris recycling ♻️ to supply raw materials for construction on the #Moon 🌙 https://nebula.esa.int/content/analysis-space-debris-recycling-potential-supply-raw-materials-construction-moon

#ISRU #SpaceRecycling

The lunar mining gold rush is coming – and success requires bridging two worlds

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/the-lunar-mining-gold-rush-is-coming-and-success-requires-bridging-two-worlds/

Utilize the ISS as a resource: a common sense, fiscally responsible plan leveraging the International Space Station

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/utilize-the-iss-as-a-resource-a-common-sense-fiscally-responsible-plan-leveraging-the-international-space-station/

The #European 🇪🇺 Commission's Vision for the European #SpaceEconomy includes #SpaceMining ⚒️ and in-space resource use https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/vision-european-space-economy_en

#ISRU #ESA #EUSPA #Europe

[Перевод] Blue Alchemist достиг важной вехи на пути к созданию постоянной и устойчивой лунной инфраструктуры

10.09.2025, пресс-релиз Blue Origin Прорывная система использования ресурсов в космосе от Blue Origin направлена ​​на превращение лунного реголита в солнечные батареи, металлы, а также кислород, пригодный для дыхания и использования в качестве компонента топлива, что позволит проводить устойчивые роботизированные и пилотируемые миссии на Луну, а в будущем исследовать Марс.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/948674/

#Blue_Alchemist #blue_origin #isru

Aussie Researchers Say They Can Bring The Iron Age to Mars https://hackaday.com/2025/09/13/aussie-researchers-say-they-can-bring-the-iron-age-to-mars/ #Space #ISRU #mars

Aussie Researchers Say They Can Bring The Iron Age to Mars - It’s not martian regolith, bu it’s the closest chemical match available to the dir... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/13/aussie-researchers-say-they-can-bring-the-iron-age-to-mars/ #space #isru #mars

🌝 Solar powered moon brick factory could build future lunar cities

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-solar-powered-moon-brick-factory.html

#space #moon #manufacturing #isru #lunar #materials

🧱 Advances in Solidification Technologies of Lunar Regolith-Based Building Materials Under Extreme Lunar Environments

https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/14/2543

#materials #moon #lunar #space #isru

🥮 Lunar soil could support life on the Moon, say scientists

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-lunar-soil-life-moon-scientists.html

#moon #space #lunar #isru #materials #water #mining

@60sRefugee I think they currently concentrate on pure transport. But if someone offers the "mining" equipment, they could buy it and ship it there. #ISRU on #Mars would also be required. Solar energy (technology which they have themselves) might not be enough. I'm uncertain whether they would be allowed to transport a nuclear reactor.

🇨🇳 #China's #DeepSpace program

• 2028: #Tianwen3 to collect samples of #Mars 🔴, return them to Earth
• 2029: #Tianwen4 to explore #Jupiter 🪐 and its moon #Callisto
• 2030: Habitat to simulate long-duration human #spaceflight
• 2033: #Venus atmosphere sample return
• 2038: Mars 🔴 research station to study #ISRU ⚒️
• 2039: Triton, #Neptune's largest moon, subsurface explorer for its ocean 🌊

#NASA, for the first time since the 1960s, has a credible challenger.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/china-sets-dates-for-some-of-its-most-ambitious-planetary-missions

Each #technological breakthrough brings us closer to realizing the goal of living on #Mars 🔴. Mars colonization 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀 is within our potential reach. This paper has outlined a feasible timeline⌛
📆 2020s: Continued #robotic exploration
📆 2030s: Test missions for human life-support systems and #ISRU ⚒️ on the Martian surface
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10884476

#HumanSpaceflight #SpaceTravel #SpaceExploration #SpaceColonization

#ISRU : 99 percent of the weight of the materials required to produce #SolarCells on the #Moon 🌙 no longer need to be transported there. “These solar cells require ultrathin absorber layers of 500 to 800 nanometers only, allowing the fabrication of 400 square meter solar cells with just one kilogram of perovskite raw material brought from Earth” https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/headlines-and-featured-stories/detail/2025-04-03-solarzellen-auf-mondglas-photovoltaik-koennte-die-energie-fuer-eine-zukuenftige-basis-au

#SpaceEnergy

The two instruments on the Lunar #Trailblazer spacecraft will work in tandem to generate high-resolution maps of the moon's 🌙 #water💧. It should take between four and seven months to arrive in its final orbit https://phys.org/news/2025-02-lunar-trailblazer-blasts-moon.html

#ISRU #MoonMining

Early next month, #IM2 is targeting a touchdown at 84.6° south latitude, just 160 km from the #Moon’s 🌙 south pole. It will deploy an #ice-mining drill 🕳️ and mass spectrometer, a miniaturized rover, and a unique “hopper” craft. Its first hop will reach a height of 20 m with two additional hops aiming to reach 50 m then 100 m. On its fourth and fifth hops, it will leap in and out of a permanently shadowed region inside a 20 m-deep #crater. https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/intuitive-machines-preps-im-2-mission-for-moon-launch-this-week

#ISRU #MoonMining

The proof of concept shows that at the current achievable flow rates of #CO2 and water, it is possible to meet #NASA’s 16-month deadline for refueling #rockets on #Mars 🔴. It can be scaled further to meet tighter rocket refueling ⛽ deadlines. The use of Martian nighttime temperatures for heat 🌡️ exchange can potentially reduce the dependence on power-hungry cryogenic methods for gas liquefaction. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9118664

#ISPP #ISRU

"As a rule of thumb, rockets launched from Earth must burn ~25 kg of propellant to transport one kg of payload, whereas rockets launched from the Moon would burn only ~4 kg of propellant to transport one kg of payload." https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/turning-the-moon-into-a-fuel-depot-will-take-a-lot-of-power

#ISRU #ISPP

The parameters of the #NASA lunar 🌙 initiative have yet to be defined precisely. What is the basic purpose ? How many round trips by crew 👩‍🚀 per year ? How many cargo 📦 landings? Will the cargo delivery spacecraft be reusable ? Will descent and ascent vehicles be one and the same ? What are masses of ascent and descent vehicles ? How many landing sites will be used ? What activities are planned for the crew on the surface? What is the ROI of #ISPP ? https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/space.0188

#ISRU

🌙 #Lunar #ISPP (in situ #propellant ⛽ production) : 3 billion metric tons of water ice 🧊 are estimated at each pole*. Delivery from the #Moon could be done by #electromagnetic launcher (#EML)** for in-space refueling https://www.factoriesinspace.com/propellant-refilling

*https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576500000783
**https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576523001066

#ISRU

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

#SpaceAgencies and private companies are planning bases, scientific experiments and mining ⚒️ operations on the #moon 🌙. Whatever the #ArtemisAccords decide, Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 are not about to sign up.
A second effort at lunar governance is emerging at #Copuos*. Its new working group is mulling rules on the extraction of natural resources from celestial bodies https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/25/bases-experiments-mining-the-race-to-protect-the-surface-of-the-moon

* https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/index.html

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceRegulation #UNOOSA

🇨🇳 A 100kg #robot 🤖 will prepare a working area on the lunar 🌙 surface and transfer the parts from the lander and assemble them. All of #China’s planned #ChangE missions will be testing technologies to pave the way for Chinese #astronauts 👨‍🚀 to land on the #moon before 📆 2030 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3251854/china-calls-developers-change-8-mission-make-and-assemble-moon-bricks

#MoonHabitat #MoonMining #ISRU #SpaceExploration

📆 2023 This #SBSP study by #Astrostrom for #ESA proposes a 29,339 m2 #solar ☀️ collector at the #Lagrange point, #SolarPanels from #Lunar 🌙 materials, transported by a #SpaceElevator 🚠 from the #Moon https://nebula.esa.int/sites/default/files/neb_study/2753/C4000136309ESR.pdf

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceBasedSolarPower #SpaceRobot

#Guardian 📆 8 Dec 2023 The #Peregrine mission is the first in a fleet of private #spacecraft bound for the #moon 🌙 in the next few years. Future landers aim to drill for ice 🧊 and other materials, potentially iron and rare earths, which are of interest 🤑 to mining ⚒️ firms. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/08/nasa-hands-over-control-as-new-era-of-moon-missions-readies-for-lift-off

#MoonMining #ISRU #SpaceCompany

#NYT 📆 May 29, 2023 #UAE 🇦🇪 #AsteroidBelt ☄️ mission : The #MBRExplorer is scheduled to sidle up within a few hundred feet of #Justitia in 📆 October 2034 and spend at least seven months studying it with cameras 🎥 and #spectrometers that will be able to identify the #asteroid’s #composition, including the presence of water 💧. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/science/uae-asteroid-mission.html

#AsteroidMining

Picture : #NASA #ISRU Pilot Excavator https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISRU_Pilot_Excavator_(KSC-20220728-PH-FMX01_0140).jpeg

#ESA 📆 05/06/2020 #Orbit #recycling ♻️ : An idea submitted to the #OpenSpace Innovation Platform (#OSIP) proposed that orbital #debris 🗑️ could be used for in-situ resource manufacturing on the #Moon 🌙 https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2020/06/Orbit_recycling

How about #ISRU of #ISS components ? 🤔

DART mission reveals asteroid Dimorphos is dry as a bone

https://www.space.com/dart-mission-asteroid-dimorphos-no-water

#Asteroid #AtomicRockets #ISRU

@sciguyspace 📆 Jan 21, 2022 #LunarResources : "Carol is not your typical #SpaceCompany #CEO. He has a background as a #hedgefund 💵 manager and has only become involved in the #SpaceIndustry during the last five years. The opportunity to #industrialize ⚒️ the surface of the #Moon was too tempting to bypass, he said" https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/01/machine-to-melt-moon-rocks-and-derive-metals-may-launch-in-2024/

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceIndustry

The keyword hashtag list reached 5️⃣5️⃣ 55 entries :

#AsteroidMining
#AsteroidThreat
#CelestialBodyLanding
#DSOC (Deep Space Optical Communications)
#HallEffectThruster
#HumanSpaceflight
#HumanSpaceflightBasics
#HumanSpaceflightHealth
#HumanSpaceflightSecurity
#ISRU (in situ resource utilization)
#LaunchCost
#Lunar3dPrinting
#MoonMining
#PrivateSpaceflight
#ReusableLaunchVehicle
#RocketEngine
#RocketScience
#SatelliteImprovement
#SatelliteInternetAccess
#SBSP (Space-based Solar Power)
#SmallSat
#SpaceAgency
#SpaceCommunication
#SpaceCompany
#SpaceCraft
#SpaceColonization
#SpacecraftComparison
#SpacecraftPropulsion
#SpaceDebris
#SpaceEnergy
#SpaceEvent
#SpaceFood
#SpaceForce
#SpaceHabitat
#SpaceHotel
#SpaceIndustry
#SpaceInfrastructure
#SpaceLogistics
#SpaceMaintenance
#SpaceMining
#SpaceNavigation
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#SpacePolitics
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#SpaceRobot
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#SpaceTourism
#SpaceWelding
#TimeToOrbit