RedWater: Water Mining System for Mars

• Published in: New Space
• Main Authors: Mellerowicz, Boleslaw, Zacny, Kris, Palmowski, Joseph, Bradley, Benjamin, Stolov, Leo, Vogel, Brian, Ware, Lillian, Yen, Bernice, Sabahi, Dara, Ridilla, Albert, Nguyen, Huey, Faris, David, van Susante, Paul, Johnson, George, Putzig, Nathaniel E., Hecht, Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech 2022
• Subjects: coiled tubing; extraction; Mars; mining; water; Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics; Mechanical Engineering; Greenland; Rodriguez; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/michigantech-p/15980; https://doi.org/10.1089/space.2021.0057

Water ice in the form of debris covered glaciers or ice sheets that could be up to hundreds of meters thick has been discovered and mapped in the mid latitude of Mars. This presents a unique opportunity for in situ resource utilization (ISRU) of water, where the location could be favorable for a fut...