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A Moon Base Will Need a Transport System
Through the Artemis Program, NASA will return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17 landed…
New Answers for Mars’ Methane Mystery
Planetary scientists perk up whenever methane is mentioned. Methane is produced by living things on Earth, so it's considered to…
There are Four Ways to Build with Regolith on the Moon
Over the last few years I have been renovating my home. Building on Earth seems to be a fairly well…
What Could We Build With Lunar Regolith?
It has often been likened to talcum powder. The ultra fine lunar surface material known as the regolith is crushed…
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…
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.…
ESA Wants Your Ideas for Living off the Land… on the Moon
Challenges have been a mainstay of space exploration for several years at this point. In the past, they have ranged…
Researchers Make Rocket Fuel Using Actual Regolith From the Moon
In-situ resource utilization is a hot topic these days in space exploration circles, and scientists and engineers have had a…
The First Crops on Mars Should be Alfalfa and Cyanobacteria. Then Comes Tastier Plants
Mark Watney can keep his potatoes. Real astronauts should grow alfalfa. (more…)