Latest lunar ISRU papers

[no_way]

http://www.isruinfo.com/index.php?page=srr_9<br />Just started looking at them, the first interesting bit is that there is a SELENE 2 mission in the works, just by looking at the summaries.

 

[no_way]

Skimread thru most of them, lots of interesting stuff.<br />"ISRU-based Transportation Architecture for the Moon using Direct 2.0 Launch Vehicles"<br />proposes utilizing Direct for getting ISRU in NASA lunar landing plans way earlier than with ESAS.<br /><br />Looks like SELENE 2 will be focusing on ISRU as well.

 

[kelvinzero]

Great! Rockets are cool, but it is ISRU that can build us a good solid commercial motivation to actually be there.

 

[no_way]

right, thats why the folks organizing the SRR started something called the Eighth Continent Project recently<br />http://www.mines.edu/all_about/public/eighth_continent.html<br />www.8cproject.com<br />