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Lunar ISRU Demonstration Mission Definition Study Segment 2

Programme
Discovery
Programme Reference
18_M-HRE-1A
Contractor
PTScientists
Start Date
End Date
Status
Closed
Country
Germany
Lunar ISRU Demonstration Mission Definition Study Segment 2
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.

Technology Domain
22 - Environmental Control & Life Support (ECLS) and In Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU)
Competence Domain
6-Life & Physical Science Payloads, Life Support, Robotics & Automation
Keywords
ISRU
Moon
Executive summary