Development of Standardized Lunar Regolith Simulant Materials

Development of Standardized Lunar Regolith Simulant Materials

The Lunar Regolith Simulant

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Developing an Anorthositic Lunar Regolith Simulant

Boucher, and J. G. Spray Planetary and Space Science Centre, Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada, [email protected], [email protected], Electric Vehicle Controllers Ltd., 2200 Valleyview Road, Val Caron, ON P3N 1L1, Canada, [email protected], Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc., 1400 Barrydowne Road, Sudbury, ON P3A 3V8, Canada, dboucher...

Standard Lunar Regolith Simulants for Space Resource Utilization Technologies Development: Effects of Materials Choices

Introduction: As NASA turns its exploration ambitions towards the Moon once again, the research and development of new technologies for lunar operations face the challenge of meeting the milestones of a fast-pace schedule, reminiscent of the 1960's Apollo program. While the lunar samples returned by the Apollo and Luna missions have revealed much about the Moon, these priceless materials exist ...

The Lunar Regolith

Regolith is a terrestrial term, also used for the Moon. It has been defined as " a general term for the layer or mantle of fragmental and unconsolidated rock material, whether residual or transported and of highly varied character, that nearly everywhere forms the surface of the land and overlies or covers bedrock. It includes rock debris of all kinds, [including] volcanic ash. .. " (Bates and ...