Natural Feed-Stocks for Fabrication of Spare Parts = Sustainability for Planetary Missions

- Organization:
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Pages:
- 10
- File Size:
- 1334 KB
- Publication Date:
- May 1, 2013
Abstract
3D printing by fused deposition can be used on lunar soil. The soil can be precisely size-separated to make the 3D printing process work efficiently. Using a MASER instead of a LASER would allow us to use the finest fraction of lunar soil, AS-IS, to manufacture things on the Moon.
Citation
APA:
(2013) Natural Feed-Stocks for Fabrication of Spare Parts = Sustainability for Planetary MissionsMLA: Natural Feed-Stocks for Fabrication of Spare Parts = Sustainability for Planetary Missions. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 2013.