The Moon is generally depleted in volatile elements and this depletion extends to the
surface where the most abundant mineral, anorthite, features< 6 ppm H 2 O. Presumably the …

It has long been recognised (eg, Ehricke 1985; Spudis 1996, 2016; Duke et al. 2006;
Benaroya 2010; Kornuta et al. 2019) that the Moon has the potential to play a pivotal role in …

Water ice has been detected at the lunar poles, but existing and near-future orbital datasets
do not have the capabilities to determine its horizontal and vertical distribution at meter to …

The lunar surface is extremely harsh and current mineral processing and metal extraction
technologies are not adequately equipped to address this environment. In this paper, we …

Despite the increasing number of space launches, growth of the commercial space sector,
signing of the Artemis Accords, maturation of space mining technologies, the emergence of …

In this paper, we propose an architecture for lunar in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) which
can provide propellant, typically cryogenic hydrogen and oxygen, to a cislunar aggregation …

The out-of-this-world hype cycle describes expectations and realities for extra-terrestrial
resource production. Triggered by a technological innovation cluster in communication …

The NASA Artemis program will send humans to the lunar south polar region, in part to
investigate the availability of water ice and other in situ resources. While trace amounts of …

This review provides an in-depth analysis of the methods used to produce icy regolith
simulants with a focus on the Moon. Current knowledge of the form and morphology of ice …

There are many open science questions in space resource utilisation due to the novelty and
relative immaturity of the field. While many potential technologies have been proposed to …