Current design reference missions for the Evolvable Mars Campaign (EMC) call for the use of in-situ resources to enable human missions to the surface of Mars. One potential resource is water extracted from the Martian regolith. Current Mars' soil analogs (JSC Mars-1) have 5-10 times more water than typical regolith on Mars. Therefore, there is a critical need to develop Mars simulants to be used in ISRU applications that mimic the chemical, mineralogical, and physical properties of the Martian regolith.


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    Title :

    Mars Simulant Development for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Applications


    Contributors:
    Ming, Doug (author)

    Conference:

    2016 EISD Technology Poster Session (2016 JSC Technology Showcase) ; 2016 ; Houston, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2016-11-16


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







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