Dec 1, 2020 | Publications
The Lunar Autonomous Scalable Emitter and Receiver (LASER) system, a project between the Colorado School of Mines, the University of Arizona, and sponsored by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium has released its LASER Final Report (12-2020). This project is part of...
Jun 24, 2020 | Publications
Prof. George Sowers gave a presentation entitled, “Thermal Mining of Lunar Ices” at the Future In-Space Operations (FISO) seminar series on June 24, 2020. The presentation included the latest experimental tests, comparison with thermal modeling results,...
Mar 11, 2020 | Publications
The final report of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I study, entitled: Thermal Mining of Ices on Cold Solar System Bodies has been released. The report contains a concept study and preliminary tests conducted at Colorado School of Mines to show how...
Nov 18, 2018 | Publications
A group of industry, government, and academic experts have just released the Commercial Lunar Propellant Architecture study, which looks at the approach, challenges, and payoffs of a private business that harvests and processes lunar ice as the foundation of a lunar,...
