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Reports
Reports produced by researchers, students and collaborators from projects led by, or involving, the Institute for Space Science, Exploration and Technology.
Items in this Collection
- 1Abdul-Nabi, Haidar Ali
- 1Biella, Massimo
- 1Boyala, Gowtham
- 1Carlson, JD
- 1Chhabra, Arjun
- 1Cue, Maverick
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2022-08-01
Kim, Kristina, Carlson, JD, Cue, Maverick
The business plan for the Khepri Project is to use the water mined from Bennu and convert it into fuel, then sell it at an orbital gas station. After the research was conducted, it appears that this project is financially feasible and realistic while considering a number of assumptions due to the...
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2022-08-01
Groh, Aaron, Miklaucic, Brieanna
Much like outer space, our legal system consists of many unknowns. This is especially true for new developments in emerging technologies, particularly those related to the exploration, exploitation, and utilization of space resources. The recently developed technical feasibility of space mining...
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2022-08-01
Boyala, Gowtham, Gremm, Adam, Gungor, Ahmet, Taghipour, Amirhossein, Biella, Massimo, Qiu, Jiawei Jackson, Raj, Athip Thirupathi, Chhabra, Arjun, Gee, Adam, Maharaj, Saanjali, Richardson, Erin, Empey, Julia, Abdul-Nabi, Haidar Ali, Frost, Erika, Talukder, Ariyaan, Richards, Lindsay
Water has been identified as a critical resource for development of robust cis-lunar infrastructure. Providing a potential source of clean-energy propellant and/or an essential consumable for humans or agriculture on crewed trips to the Moon or Mars while avoiding high costs of launching from...