Mining the air - Resources of other worlds may reduce mission costs

It is proposed that the mining of resources on another planet to support operations there and also to provide a means for the return trip to earth provides a less expensive way to send humans beyond low earth orbit to live on the moon and to explore Mars. Since a large fraction of any chemical prope...

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Main Author: Ramohalli, Kumar
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Published: 1991
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spelling ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19910041210 2023-05-15T16:37:42+02:00 Mining the air - Resources of other worlds may reduce mission costs Ramohalli, Kumar Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Feb 1, 1991 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19910041210 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19910041210 Accession ID: 91A25833 Copyright Other Sources 12 Planetary Report; 11; 8 1991 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T18:57:50Z It is proposed that the mining of resources on another planet to support operations there and also to provide a means for the return trip to earth provides a less expensive way to send humans beyond low earth orbit to live on the moon and to explore Mars. Since a large fraction of any chemical propellant combination is the oxidizer that burns with the fuel to generate the rocket jet, and for life support, the generation of oxygen from any of its atmospheric or mineral compounds is a valuable capability. Such materials include the lunar minerals ilmenite and anorthite, Martian permafrost, water ice at the Martian poles, and atmospheric carbon dioxide on Mars. The possibilities of developing such technologies are discussed and the prospects of developing building materials for such facilities from local resources are considered. The role of the Space Engineering Research Center at the University of Arizona in exploring the use of local planetary resources is noted. Other/Unknown Material Ice permafrost NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
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description It is proposed that the mining of resources on another planet to support operations there and also to provide a means for the return trip to earth provides a less expensive way to send humans beyond low earth orbit to live on the moon and to explore Mars. Since a large fraction of any chemical propellant combination is the oxidizer that burns with the fuel to generate the rocket jet, and for life support, the generation of oxygen from any of its atmospheric or mineral compounds is a valuable capability. Such materials include the lunar minerals ilmenite and anorthite, Martian permafrost, water ice at the Martian poles, and atmospheric carbon dioxide on Mars. The possibilities of developing such technologies are discussed and the prospects of developing building materials for such facilities from local resources are considered. The role of the Space Engineering Research Center at the University of Arizona in exploring the use of local planetary resources is noted.
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title_short Mining the air - Resources of other worlds may reduce mission costs
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