PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING PHYSICAL ASSETS FOR CIVIL AND/OR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ON MOON, MARS AND/OR ASTEROID
CAO GIACOMO ; CONCAS ALESSANDRO ; PISU MASSIMO ; et al. ; - ASI Sponsor
Jun - 2012

Patent N. : US 20130118112 A1
type: Patent

Abstract
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.

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Notes : Assignee: A.S.I. Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Rome, IT); Universita Degli Studi di Cagliari (Cagliari, IT)