Making materials on the moon

As we get ever closer to a future where humans live on the Moon and Mars, developing technologies to support the extra-terrestrial lifestyle is of increasing importance. In-Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU) is an especially prominent strategy to use the local materials available in space, rather than transporting them from Earth. The most abundant local resource on the Moon – the lunar dust, or lunar regolith – is rich in oxides, and Swinburne is leading the way in developing technology to make use of these oxides to make ceramics and metals. Join us for an exciting presentation on the groundbreaking research conducted by the Extra-Terrestrial Processing Group at Swinburne, whose aim is to ensure a future where we can extract, refine, and manufacture ceramic and metal products directly on the lunar surface with minimal reliance on Earth