A conceptual study for the autonomous direct forming of lunar regolith into flexlock™ geomats for lunar surface operations

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Roberson, Luke B ^a   Hintze, Paul ^a   O'Connor, Gregory W ^b,c  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b Amalgam Industries Inc   (United States)

^c Amalgam Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL METHODS; CONCEPTUAL STUDY; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; DUST SETTLING; FORMING MACHINE; IN-SITU; LUNAR REGOLITH; LUNAR SURFACE;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; SLAGS;

DUST;

EID: 78549263429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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