Demonstration of concept for fabrication of lunar physical assets utilizing lunar regolith simulant and a geothermite reaction

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 38-45

  Faierson, Eric J ^a   Logan, Kathryn V ^a   Stewart, Brian K ^b   Hunt, Michael P ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dome; Habitat; ISRU; Moon; Regolith; SHS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POWDERS; HABITAT; IN-SITU RESOURCES; LUNAR BASE; LUNAR REGOLITH; LUNAR RESOURCES; LUNAR SURFACE; PHYSICAL ASSETS; REACTANT MIXTURES; RESOURCE EXTRACTION;

DOMES; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MOON BASES; NASA; SILICA; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 77950340322     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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