March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
... The result is that mission designers spend a lot of resources attempting to assure a mission succeeds because it is too expensive...of an LCROSS spectrometer, which has now also been utilised on the LADEE mission. We’re also taking battery technologies...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
...for doctoral and post-doctoral research in technical domains relevant to the Spaceship EAC project such as in-situ resource utilisation (‘living off the land’), energy production and storage, materials and additive manufacturing, water processing and...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
...habitable station in lunar orbit. On the surface of the Moon, long-term habitats are planned, supported by in-situ resource utilisation of regolith and water ice, supporting long-term, extensive exploration efforts. As the previous NASA Administrator...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... plan. When the Shepherd is launched, the MATT licensee has the standing to organise a consortium for in situ resource utilisation (ISRU), thus assembling expertise for Omaha Crater development. The auction of ISRU consortium memberships might be the...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
...readily available surface material found on Mars, and uses the abundant energy resource of the sun to construct the habitat. This process, known as in-situ resource utilisation, can allow for the next stage of human exploration, virtually eliminating...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... grow into a vibrant space ecosystem – on-orbit servicing, nuclear power and propulsion, space debris removal, and in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) are just a few examples. Potential uses for cislunar space include lunar...
