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Space Resources Roundtable XI /
Planetary & Terrestrial Mining
Sciences Symposium
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The joint meeting of the Eleventh Space Resources Roundtable and Planetary & Terrestrial Mining Sciences Symposium was held at Golden, Colorado in June, 2010.
Presentations and Abstracts made available from that conference may be viewed through the download links provided here.
Pictures of the Equipment Demonstration Session are also available below.
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Proceedings (Abstracts and Presentations)
Space Resources Policy
W.E. Larson
The In-Situ Resource Utilization Project Under the President�s New Budget
Documents  .4 mb
G.B. Sanders, W.E.Larson
ISRU Robotic Precursor Mission Opportunities Based on Recent Events
Documents 9.6 mb
Commercial and Logistical ISRU Concepts
T.C. Taylor, W.P. Kistler, B.Citron
Commercial Trade Route Logistics Cost
Documents 5.5 mb
A.M. Neale
Conceptual Mine Design Proposals for Exploiting Lunar Water Ice
Documents 4.3 mb
K. Sacksteder, S. Gokoglu, R. Balasubramaniam, A. Colozza, N. Suzuki, R.S. Wegeng, J. Matyas
Thermal Wadis in Support of Resource-Based Exploration
Documents 4.2 mb
J.D. Humphrey, K.L. Stratton
Trends and Vision for Automation in Terrestrial Mining and its Applicability to Extraterrestrial Resource Extraction
Documents 0.8 mb
ISRU Relevant Concepts
C. White, F. Alvarez, E. Shafirovich
Production of Structural Materials by Combustion of Lunar Regolith with Metals
Documents 2.9 mb
R.C. Oeftering
Scavenging Flight Hardware as a Transitional Form of Non-Volatile Resource Utilization
Documents 3.0 mb
J. Cumbers, L. Rothschild
BISRU: Synthetic Microbes for Moon, Mars and Beyond
Documents 1.3 mb
P.J. van Susante, C.B. Dreyer
Lunar and Planetary Excavation Systems: Lessons Learned at the Colorado School of Mines
Documents 5.0 mb
The Case for Analogue Missions
F.D. Schowengerdt, R. Fox, J. Hamilton
Participatory Space Exploration and Education at PISCES
Documents 1.3 mb
S. Schmidt, D. Boucher, M. McTaggart
Analogue Deployment Management
Documents 2.7 mb
P.T. Metzger, C.D. Immer, J.E. Lane, J. Smith, J.W. Studak, B.F. Banker
Rocket Plume Impingment on Mauna Kea Lunar Analog Site Compared with Photogrammetry of Apollo Lunar Landing Videos
Documents 0.3 mb
R.S. Wegeng
What�s Next for Lunar Exploration and Lunar Resources?
Documents 2.8 mb
ISRU Destinations
P.D. Spudis
Mini-Sar Imaging Radar and the Search for Lunar Polar Ice
Documents 7.3 mb
R. Elphic
Current State of Knowledge of Lunar Cold-Trapped Volatiles
J.G. Rodriguez, G.J. Rodriguez
Low-Energy Intercept Orbits to NEO 2004 GU9 Offer a Compelling Opportunity for Long-Duration Manned and Sample-Return Missions
Documents 1.4 mb
G.A. Konesky
Asteroid Tracking Using Optical Beacons
Documents 1.4 mb
Technical Demonstration De-brief
P. Radziszewski, B. Jones, M. Farhat
Investigation Traction System Development for Lunar Mobility
Documents 3.3 mb
R. Theiss, D. Boucher, M. Viel, D. Roberts, J. Kutchaw
Interchangeable Payloads for ISRU Mobility Chassis
Documents 2.2 mb
J. Richard, R. Gopal, P. Lalibert�, D. Boucher
Closing the ISRU Cycle: Integrated Fuel Cell Deployment
Documents 3.3 mb
F.J. Frenzel, T. Fu, J.D. Gammell, P.E. Grouchy, K.T. Law, E.J.P. Earon, G.M.T. D'Eleuterio, M. Viel, S. Schmidt, D.S. Boucher, J. Richard
Robotic Lessons from Mauna Kea
Documents 0.1 mb
J.E. Captain, J.W. Quinn, and T.J. Moss
Field Scale Testing of Resolve at 2010 ISRU Analog Test
Documents 1.8 mb
Simulants
C.B. Dreyer, K. Zacny, R.C. Anderson, J. Skok, J. Steele, G. Paulsen, M. Szczesiak, J. Schwendeman
The In Situ Rock Thin Section Instrument for Space Exploration
Documents 3.7 mb
C. McLemore, J. Edmunson, D. Rickman, J. Fikes, D. Stoeser, S. Wilson
A Review of Lunar Regolith Simulants and their Applications
Documents 3.7 mb
J. Gustafson, J.E. Edmunson, D.L. Rickman
Manufacturing High-Fidelity Lunar Agglutinate Simulants
Documents 15.0 mb
F.A. Slane, D.L. Rickman
Figures of Merit for Lunar Simulants
Documents 0.4 mb
Excavation Modeling
R.H. King, P.J. van Susante, M.A. Gefreh
Comparing Blade/Soil Interaction Models in a MATLAB Program to Measurements Of Forces to Push Narrow Rods through Sand and Simulant Materials for Design of Extraterrestrial Soil Handling Machines
Documents 8.3 mb
A.T. Brewer, R. H. King
Laboratory-Scale Distributed Stress Measurements of Blade Interaction with JSC-1A Lunar Simulant
Documents 0.2 mb
R.H. King, P.J. van Susante, R.P. Mueller
Comparison of Lance Blade Data and Analytical Force Models
Documents 9.1 mb
P.J. van Susante, R.H. King
Finite Element Method to Calculate Forces and Stresses on Blades Excavating Lunar Simulants
Documents 4.1 mb
ISRU Processing
T. Nakamura, B.K. Smith
Solar Thermal Power System for ISRU Applications: Field Deployment and Operation at Mauna Kea, Hi.
Documents 14.5 mb
R.J. Gustafson, B.C. White, M.J. Fidler, A.C. Muscatello
The 2010 Field Demonstration of the Solar Carbothermal Reduction of Regolith to Produce Oxygen
Documents 2.5 mb
J.G. Mantovani, R.P. Mueller, I.I. Townsend, J. Craft, K. Zacny
Pneumatic Planetary Regolith Feed System for In-Situ Resource Utilization
Documents 6.4 mb
O.R. Walton, C.B. Dreyer, A.I. Abdel-Hadi
Centrifuging-Pipe Conveyor for Regolith
Documents 6.4 mb
ISRU Hardware
L. Johnson, S. Szatkowski
A Notional Tug Concept Serves as a \�Stalking Horse" to Facilitate Excavator Development
Documents 13.4 mb
L. Johnson, S. Szatkowski
A Modular Excavator Targets Planetary Surface Operations for Space Exploration
Documents 2.8 mb
B.K. Smith, T. Nakamura, R. Theiss, D. Boucher
Results of Solar Sintering Experiment with Multipurpose Solar Thermal Waveguide System
Documents 4.6 mb
K. Zacny, G. Paulsen, M. Szczesiak, C. Santoro, J. Craft
Crux and Icebreaker Rotary-Percussive Lunar Drills
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R. Mueller, G. Murphy
2010 Lunabotics Mining Competition
Documents 3.3 mb
Pictures of June 9th, 2010 ISRU Demonstration
On June 9th, 2010, a demonstration session was held to showcase the ISRU technologies provided by various attendees.
Photos of that session are shown below. To view a larger version of each picture, CLICK THE THUMBNAIL IMAGE.
See you all in 2011!
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ISRU Equipment Demonstration site
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ISRU Equipment Demonstration site
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Food and lunch tents
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Food tent
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Frank Schowengerdt and Tony Muscatello
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Bob King
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Lockheed Martin Bucket Drum Excavator (Larry Clark)
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Lockheed Martin Bucket Drum Excavator (Larry Clark with Frank Schowengerdt and Phil Abel)
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Lockheed Martin Bucket Drum Excavator (Larry Clark with CSM students)
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Honeybee Robotics Mars Rover Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) and Mars Phoenix Lander Scoop (Kris Zacny)
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Honeybee Robotics Mars Rover Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) and Mars Phoenix Lander Scoop (Kris Zacny)
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Honeybee Robotics Percussive Digger (Kris Zacny with Diane Linne operating the digger)
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Colorado School of Mines NASA Regolith Centennial Challenge Bucket Ladder Excavator (Mark Gefreh and CSM students)
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Colorado School of Mines Backhoe Excavator (Paul van Susante and CSM students)
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Colorado School of Mines Bucket Wheel Excavator (Chris Dreyer and CSM students)
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ORBITEC Carbothermal Regolith Reduction Module (Bob Gustafson)
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ORBITEC Carbothermal Regolith Reduction Module (Bob Gustafson with Jeff Taylor)
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ORBITEC Carbothermal Regolith Reduction Module (Bob Gustafson with Tony Muscatello)
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ORBITEC Carbothermal Regolith Reduction Module (Doug Rickman)
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ORBITEC Carbothermal Regolith Reduction Module (Bob Gustafson, Mark Berggren, and Ronald Spores)
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NORCAT Chassis with Plow Payload (Brian Asbury, Jim Richard)
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NORCAT Chassis with Plow Payload (Jim Richard)
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NORCAT Chassis with Load Haul Dump
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NORCAT Chassis with Load Haul Dump
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NORCAT Chassis with Load Haul Dump (Sam Benigni, SRR scholarship winning student from University of Hawaii, Hilo),
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NORCAT Chassis with Load Haul Dump (Sam Benigni operating the rover)
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NORCAT Chassis with Load Haul Dump
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NORCAT Chassis with Load Haul Dump (Jim Humphrey operating the rover)
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NORCAT Chassis with Plow Payload
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NASA KSC/Honeybee Robotics ISRU Pneumatic Regolith Transfer System (Jim Mantovani operating it with Otis Walton and Mark Hyatt)
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NASA KSC/Honeybee Robotics ISRU Pneumatic Regolith Transfer System (Jim Mantovani)
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Diane Linne and Jim Mantovani
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sysRAND Modular Excavator Demonstrator (Gary Rodriguez with Leslie Gertsch)
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sysRAND Modular Excavator Demonstrator (Gary Rodriguez with Jerry Sanders)
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sysRAND Modular Excavator Demonstrator (Tony Muscatello)
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Jeff Taylor, Sherry Schmidt, and Paul Spudis
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Paul Spudis and Leonard David
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Dale Boucher
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Laurent Sibille and Chris Dreyer
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Arthur Neale, SRR scholarship winning student from University of Pretoria, South Africa
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Edgardo Santiago-Maldonado and Janine Captain
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Brad Blair, Leslie Gertsch, Jim Richard, and Peter Radziszewski
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