First demonstration on direct laser fabrication of lunar regolith parts

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 451-457

  Balla, Vamsi Krishna ^a   Roberson, Luke B ^b   O'Connor, Gregory W ^c   Trigwell, Steven ^b   Bose, Susmita ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Amit ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c Amalgam Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Geology; In situ resource utilization; Laser engineered net shaping; Laser processing; Lunar regolith; Materials handling; Rocks; Simulant

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; LASER ENGINEERED NET SHAPING; LASER PROCESS; LUNAR REGOLITH; SIMULANT;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FABRICATION; GEOLOGY; LAKES; MATERIALS HANDLING; MINERAL RESOURCES; PHOTOELECTRONS; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867029915     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541211271992     Document Type: Article

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