ISRU topics, mainly lunar

[no_way]

heres a good nights reading material for people interested in state of the art ( or lack of it <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> ) of various ISRU topics, mainly dealing with moon<br />http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/leag2005/pdf<br /><br />these are the presentation summaries of last years Space Resources Roundtable <br />http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/leag2005/<br /><br />some topics include:<br />EVALUATION OF LUNAR-REGOLIGH EXCAVATOR CONCEPTS FOR A SMALL, ISRU OXYGEN PLANT.<br /><br />PRAGMATICS OF PROPELLANT PRODUCTION ON THE MOON<br /><br />PERFORMANCE-BASED ENGINEERING FOR LUNAR SETTLEMENTS<br /><br />SUPERBOTS: MODULAR, MULTIFUNCTIONAL, RECONFIGURABLE ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR. SPACE EXPLORATION<br /><br />LUNAR SURFACE EXPLORER: A ROVER-BASED SURVEYOR SUITABLE FOR MULTIPLE. MISSION SCENARIOS.<br /><br />CARBON MONOXIDE SILICATE REDUCTION SYSTEM<br />

 

[spacester]

SWEEEEEEEEEET!<br /><br />Thanks for the links, I'm there. It is a very good thing that this stuff is freely available on the web.<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[no_way]

Here are the paper summaries from 2004 SRR conference:<br />http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/srr/<br /><br />there used to be a site where stuff from previous years was kept as well, but it seems to be pulled.<br /><br />The interesting thing is, that in recent two years all the researched topics have quickly shifted from mars-centered to lunar-centered.

 

[tohaki]

This might be of interest:<br /><br />http://uplink.space.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=missions&Number=405319&page=10&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0&fpart=

 

[j05h]

I'm going to throw one in: aluminum-LoX slurry rockets. There is enough Isp to get to lunar orbit with it, and would be fairly easy to make on the Moon.<br /><br />I wish I had the time to read those papers, great titles. <br /><br />Josh <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div align="center"><em>We need a first generation of pioneers.</em><br /></div> </div>