Analog field testing of the Carbothermal Regolith Reduction Processing System

AIAA SPACE Conference and Exposition 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gustafson, Robert J ^a   White, Brant C ^a   Fidler, Michael J ^a  

^a Orbital Technologies Corporation ORBITEC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL RESOURCES; OXYGEN; SOLAR ENERGY;

ANALOG TEST; CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIELD TESTING; MAUNA KEAS; MINERAL COMPOSITION; REDUCTION PROCESSING;

CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION;

EID: 85086948924     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-8901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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