ISRU
Resources on Mars Could Support Human Explorers
In the coming decades, multiple space agencies and private companies plan to establish outposts on the Moon and Mars. These…
Making Rocket Fuel Out of Lunar Regolith
In the coming years, NASA and other space agencies plan to extend the reach of human exploration. This will include…
How Much Water Would a Self-Sustaining Moonbase Need?
As humanity returns to the Moon in the next few years, they’re going to need water to survive. While resupplies…
Engineers Design Habitats for the Moon Inspired by Terminite Mounds
Through the Artemis Program, NASA intends to send astronauts back to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo…
Chickpeas Grown in Lunar Regolith Are Stressed but Reach Maturity
A recent preprint investigates how chickpeas have been successfully grown in lunar regolith simulants (LRS), marking the first time such…
NASA Wants to Learn to Live Off the Land on the Moon
In preparation for the upcoming Artemis missions to the lunar south pole, NASA recently solicited a Request for Information (RFI)…
A Comprehensive Blueprint for the Settlement of Mars
A new study considers all the challenges, benefits, and necessary steps for settling Mars.
Some Lunar Regolith is Better for Living Off the Land on the Moon
In a recent study, a geology professor developed a classification scheme for lunar regolith that could inform everything from base…
Airbus Developed a System To Extract Oxygen and Metal From Lunar Regolith
New technologies utilizing material found in space are constantly popping up, sometimes from smaller companies and sometimes from larger ones.…
Instead of Building Structures on Mars, we Could Grow Them With the Help of Bacteria
A new process that combines bacteria and lichen could "grow" bricks from Martian soil. The proposal selected for development by…