Add to ORKGUsing In Situ Resources means reduced transportation requirements from Earth and a larger source of materials than might otherwise be available. Of the many in situ resources available on Mars, perhaps the most valuable is water. One facet of NASA's current Mars Exploration Program is a search for the locations and quantities of water in various forms: Subsurface liquid water aquafers; Surface and subsurface water ice and icy soils - Lineated Valley Fill (LVF), Lobate Debris Aprons (LDAs), Concentric Crater Fill (CCF); Hydrated minerals - Chlorides, Phyllosilicates, Sulfates, etc.; "Average regolith." Access to massive quantities of water could change surface mission concepts of operation and drive site selection. Availability of massive qu...
Both Viking landers found evidence of water in small concentration in the soils of Mars. Using the g...
There is a good possibility that long-term production of deep biosphere methane (CH4) has occurred o...
The currently known resources on Mars are massive, including extensive quantities of water and carbo...
The most important resources of Mars for the early exploration phase will be oxygen and water, deriv...
The surface of Mars once had abundant water flowing on its surface, but now there is a general perce...
In an on-going effort to make human Mars missions more affordable and sustainable, NASA continues to...
In an on-going effort to make human Mars missions more affordable and sustainable, NASA continues to...
Considerable recent planning has focused on the potential importance of Mars in-situ resources to su...
The ability to extract and process resources at the site of exploration into products and services, ...
Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0:Lists in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) as enabling for rob...
A long-term base on Mars, at the center of an "Exploration Zone", would require substantial quantiti...
NASA now looks to Mars as the next step in human space exploration. A couple of challenges of such a...
Water and its major constituent, oxygen, in large specific quantities are essential for maintenance ...
Good geomorphic evidence is presented for a planet that was once water rich, and that a lower limit ...
From the time of the first spacecraft flyby of Mars in 1965 until the late 1970s, Mars has been char...
Both Viking landers found evidence of water in small concentration in the soils of Mars. Using the g...
There is a good possibility that long-term production of deep biosphere methane (CH4) has occurred o...
The currently known resources on Mars are massive, including extensive quantities of water and carbo...
The most important resources of Mars for the early exploration phase will be oxygen and water, deriv...
The surface of Mars once had abundant water flowing on its surface, but now there is a general perce...
In an on-going effort to make human Mars missions more affordable and sustainable, NASA continues to...
In an on-going effort to make human Mars missions more affordable and sustainable, NASA continues to...
Considerable recent planning has focused on the potential importance of Mars in-situ resources to su...
The ability to extract and process resources at the site of exploration into products and services, ...
Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0:Lists in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) as enabling for rob...
A long-term base on Mars, at the center of an "Exploration Zone", would require substantial quantiti...
NASA now looks to Mars as the next step in human space exploration. A couple of challenges of such a...
Water and its major constituent, oxygen, in large specific quantities are essential for maintenance ...
Good geomorphic evidence is presented for a planet that was once water rich, and that a lower limit ...
From the time of the first spacecraft flyby of Mars in 1965 until the late 1970s, Mars has been char...
Both Viking landers found evidence of water in small concentration in the soils of Mars. Using the g...
There is a good possibility that long-term production of deep biosphere methane (CH4) has occurred o...
The currently known resources on Mars are massive, including extensive quantities of water and carbo...