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| ID No : | 1056 Edit | Title: | Business Case for Mining Propellant on the Moon |
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This work was done in conjunction with the United Launch Alliance (ULA). "... A system architecture for a lunar mining operation was developed based on a technique called Thermal Mining. This method used sunlight redirected from nearly permanently sunlit regions into the permanently shadowed regions to illuminate and heat the surface of the PSR. The icy regolith is thereby heated, sublimating the water ice. The resulting vapor is captured in dome-like structure and directed into cold traps where it refreezes. The ice is transported to a processing plant where it is purified and split into LO2/LH2 propellant and stored. Masses and costs for each system element were estimated. The total non-recurring cost was estimated to be $2.5B including development, fabrication and delivery to the lunar surface. ..."
13 pages of viewgraphs plus a long abstract. |
| Author(s) : |
George Sowers, [CSR, Colorado School of Mines] |
| Publication Type : | V = Viewgraphs or Video or Drawings or Photos |
| Parent Publication : | Space Resources Roundtable 19 : Planetary & Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium, June 12-15, 2018 |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Pages : | 15 |
| # of References : | 2 |
| Copyright By : | George Sowers |
| Category(s) : |
Business plans Bases, industry and manufacturing / Mining / Lunar / Volatiles |
| Progress Type: | A ( A=Analysis only, D=Design, T=Testing, C=Completed or Commercial product ) |
| Web URL : |
https://isruinfo.com/public/docs/srr19_ptmss/2-2%20Business%20Case%20for%20Mining%20Propellant%20on%20the%20Moon-Sowers.zip
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| Submitted by : | Mark Prado |
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