Development of a reactor for the extraction of oxygen and volatiles from lunar Regolith

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kleinhenz, Julie ^a,c   Yuan, Zengguang ^a,d   Sacksteder, Kurt ^b,c   Caruso, John ^b,e  

^a National Center for Space Exploration Research   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MS 77 5 ^*

^d MS 110 3 ^*

^e Advanced Capabilities Project Office

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE; HYDROGEN REDUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNAR REGOLITH; LUNAR SOIL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; REACTOR DESIGNS; SITE TESTS;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 78549248890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-1203     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Kleinhenz, J.E., Sacksteder, K.R., and Nayagam, V., "Lunar Resource Utilization: Development of a Reactor for Volatile Extraction from Regolith," AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 092407, Reno, NV, 2008.
2. Bartlett, P., Wettergreen, D., and Whittaker, W.L. "Design of the Scarab Rover for Mobility and Drilling in the Lunar Cold Traps," International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, February, 2008.
3. Cooper, B.L., "Sintering of Lunar and Simulant Glass," AIAA Space Technology and Applications International Forum, CP969, Albuquerque, NM, 2008. 2008.