NASA Oxygen and Water Production Architectures for Early Reusable Lander

The presentation covers two recent studies Lunar In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) systems to produce propellant for an early reusable lander architecture. The first study examines the hardware, power, and operations required to produce 10 metric tons of oxygen per year near the lunar south pole u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paz, Aaron J., Moore, Landon A., Kleinhenz, Julie E., Linne, D., Sanders, G.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Life Sciences (General)
Shackleton
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20190028813
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Summary:The presentation covers two recent studies Lunar In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) systems to produce propellant for an early reusable lander architecture. The first study examines the hardware, power, and operations required to produce 10 metric tons of oxygen per year near the lunar south pole using the Carbothermal Reduction process. The second study examines the hardware, power, and operations to mine and process 15 metric tons of water from a permanently shadowed crater near Shackleton crater.

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