Universitá Degli Studi Di Cagliari

A.s.i. Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

Università Degli Studi Di Cagliari Dipartimento Di Ingegneria E Materiali

A.s.i Agenzia Italiana Spaziale

Centro Di Ricerca, Sviluppo E Studi Superiori in Sardegna Societa a Responsabilita Limitata

Roberto Orru′

Roberta Licheri

Gianluca Corrias

Alessandro Concas

Giacomo Cao

Massimo Pisu

Claudio Zanotti

A process for manufacturing physical assets for civil and/or industrial facilities on Moon, Mars and/or asteroid, as well as the kit of materials and apparatus for implementing the same. Such a kit allows in fact to implement the process of the invention by providing all materials and apparatus that will be applied on Moon, Mars and/or asteroid, thus advantageously and significantly reducing, either the costs and the volume and bulk of the materials. The process comprises the steps of enriching the regolite present in the soil in ilmenite or in iron oxides, then mixing it with aluminum powder and sending the resulting mixture to a reaction chamber for the obtention of constructive elements.

Process for manufacturing physical assets for civil and/or industrial facilities on Moon, Mars and/or asteroid

A process for the production of useful materials to sustain manned space missions on Mars, as well as the kit of materials and apparatus for implementing the same, is described. Said process uses as raw feedstock only natural resources available in-situ, namely Mars atmosphere and regolith. The kit allows to implement the process of the invention by providing all materials and apparatus that will be used on the Martian soil.

Process for the production of useful materials for sustaining manned space missions on mars through in-situ resources utilization

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Cagliari, Italy

Roberto Orru′