ISBN 978-3-8439-3626-2

978-3-8439-3626-2, Reihe Materialwissenschaften

Alexandre Meurisse
Solar 3D Printing of Lunar Regolith

200 Seiten, Dissertation Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (2018), Softcover, A5

Zusammenfassung / Abstract

The end-of-life of the International Space Station, not beyond 2030, opens the path to new potential international collaborations to perform research in space. One idea is to settle a research centre on the lunar surface. It would be the first Moon village. The construction of a Moon village could however not be feasible without the use of in-situ resources and advanced manufacturing technologies. Thereupon, this work developed the first solar 3D printer that solely works with lunar regolith and sunlight.