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Lunar ISRU Demonstration Mission Definition Study Segment 2

Programme Reference

18_M-HRE-1A

Status

Closed

Country

Germany

Start Date

2018

End Date

2018

Programme: Discovery Prime Contractor: PTScientists

Description

The main aspect of this study is to investigate the feasibility of the mission concept and the demonstration of the economic viability of a commercial payload delivery service to the Moon, as well as demonstrating the production of water/or oxygen with materials from the Moon. The study considered a payload delivery service that would be an end-to end service from Earth to a targeted location on the Moon, launched not later than 2025.

Application domain: Exploration

Technology Domain:
22 - Environmental Control & Life Support (ECLS) and In Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU)
Competence Domain:
06 - Life / Physical Science Payloads / Life Support / Robotics and Automation
Initial TRL: TRL N/A Target TRL: TRL N/A Achieved TRL: TRL N/A

Public Document:

Executive Summary
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Lunar ISRU Demonstration Mission Definition Study Segment 2