NASA Looking into How Metals, Water Can Be Mined on Moon
As space exploration starts to concentrate on landing on the surface of other celestial bodies, in-situ resource utilization (“ISRU”) is becoming a prevalent topic. ISRU is focused on designing items that are required to support an exploration mission. These items are made using easily accessible materials that can be found at exploration sites. NASA’s Institute for Advanced Concepts program (“NIAC”) recently began looking into various ISRU projects that will be included in its Phase I Fellows program. One of the projects that was chosen, which was led by University of Texas’ Dr. Amelia Grieg, developed a mining technique that would…