Demonstrating the solar carbothermal reduction of lunar regolith to produce oxygen

48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gustafson, Robert J ^a   White, Brant C ^a   Fidler, Michael J ^a   Muscatello, Anthony C ^b  

^a Orbital Technologies Corporation ORBITEC   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; ORBITS; OXYGEN; SOLAR ENERGY;

ANALOG TEST; CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; LUNAR REGOLITH; MINERAL COMPOSITION;

CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION;

EID: 78649826771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-1163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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