#SolarEnergy and lunar #regolith are directly available on the #Moon 🌙, meaning that the direct sintering or melting 🌡️ of the regolith is a feasible approach for the manufacturing of objects on the lunar surface. Mobile solutions such as solar ☀️ or laser energy sources can be used to manufacture roads 🛣️ or #LandingPads in-situ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42008-1
Picture : #Mining robots like the Pilot Excavator will excavate the regolith and take the material to a processing plant https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISRU_Pilot_Excavator_(KSC-20220728-PH-FMX01_0126).jpeg
"lunar regolith is much more rich in metals like titanium, magnesium, calcium, and iron than typical Earth crust, but relatively lacking in silicon and oxygen, which makes lunar-based industry and farming a complex, uncertain business."
The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale Crater — has scientists scratching their heads.
[#RIP on the #Moon, #DORN ...] The lunar phase of the Chang'e6 mission comes to an end ...
The #regolith samples have been successfully collected. #DORN took the expected radon and polonium measurements for almost 23 hours - data analysis is already underway. The upper section of the Chang'e6 probe has re-launched from its base - heading for the lunar orbiter, leaving behind our instrument ...
Congratulations to the @cnes and IRAP teams who designed and operated DORN 👋