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Mining the Moon is an important undertaking for an
expanding civilization. Resolution of technical, commer-
cial, and societal issues are necessary to make meaningful
progress.
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[1] https://www.planetary.org/.
[2] Sanders, G., Presentation at the BTIL Webinar, April
8, 2021.
[3] Watson, K., B.C. Murray, and H. Brown (1961),
The Behavior of Volatiles on the Lunar Surface, J.
Geophysics. Res., 66(9), 3033–3045.
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine
_(spacecraft).
[5] Wilford, J., The Moon May Have Water, And Many
New Possibilities, The New York Times, December 4,
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[11] Pitcher, C. et al, Investigation of the Properties of Icy
Lunar Polar Regolith Simulants, Advances in Space
Research, Vol 57, Issue 5, March 2016.
[12] Pazer, C., B. Jackson, Mars Water Ice Prospecting
Mission Study, Colorado School of Mines, May 2022.
[13] http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/water_phase_
diagram.html.
[14] https://www.space.com/35343-eugene-cernan-last
-man-on-moon-dies-at-82.html.
[15] h t t p s ://s c i e n c e .n a s a .g o v /s c i e n c e -n e w s
/science-at-nasa/2005/22apr_dontinhale.
[16] NASA SP-330, Apollo 17 Preliminary Science
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Leucht, Overview of NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar
Challenge, ASCEND 2020.
[21] Carrato, P., D. Meadows, K. Churchill, E. Wingate,
NASA’s Lunar Ice-Mining Competition, Mining
Engineering, May 2023.
[22] https://www.spacesettlement.com/mining-the
-moon-for-lunar-resources.html.
[23] https://www.haleyaldrich.com/resources/articles
/four-considerations-for-determining-in-situ
-mining-feasibility/.
[24] https://www.space.com/moon-asteroid-space
-mining-with-concentrated-sunlight.html.
[25] Linne, D., J. Kleinhenz, A. Paz, Lunar Water Pilot
Plant Conceptual Design, ASCEND 2020.
[26] Metzger, P., S. Dhaka, J. Fox, N. Bennett, Aqa
Factorem: Ultra Low Energy Lunar Water Extraction,
NIAC Grant Number 80NSSC 20K1022, March 15,
2021.
[27] del Real, J., G. Barakos, H. Mischo, Space Mining is
the Industry of the Future … or Maybe the Present?,
Mining Engineering, February 2020.
Mining the Moon is an important undertaking for an
expanding civilization. Resolution of technical, commer-
cial, and societal issues are necessary to make meaningful
progress.
REFERENCES:
[1] https://www.planetary.org/.
[2] Sanders, G., Presentation at the BTIL Webinar, April
8, 2021.
[3] Watson, K., B.C. Murray, and H. Brown (1961),
The Behavior of Volatiles on the Lunar Surface, J.
Geophysics. Res., 66(9), 3033–3045.
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine
_(spacecraft).
[5] Wilford, J., The Moon May Have Water, And Many
New Possibilities, The New York Times, December 4,
1996.
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrayaan-1.
[7] h t t p s ://w w w. n a s a .g o v /f e a t u r e /a m e s
/ice-confirmed-at-the-moon-s-poles.
[8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCROSS.
[9] https://www.nasa.gov/viper.
[10] https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/ice/ice_moon
.html#:~:text=Where%20did%20the%20ice%20
come,scattered%20over%20the%20lunar%20
surface.
[11] Pitcher, C. et al, Investigation of the Properties of Icy
Lunar Polar Regolith Simulants, Advances in Space
Research, Vol 57, Issue 5, March 2016.
[12] Pazer, C., B. Jackson, Mars Water Ice Prospecting
Mission Study, Colorado School of Mines, May 2022.
[13] http://www1.lsbu.ac.uk/water/water_phase_
diagram.html.
[14] https://www.space.com/35343-eugene-cernan-last
-man-on-moon-dies-at-82.html.
[15] h t t p s ://s c i e n c e .n a s a .g o v /s c i e n c e -n e w s
/science-at-nasa/2005/22apr_dontinhale.
[16] NASA SP-330, Apollo 17 Preliminary Science
Report, 1973.
[17] Carrato, P., J. Demitz, R. Mueller, J. Gulen, A. Benz,
A Process Plant for Producing Rocket Fuel from
Lunar Ice, IMECE2019-10270.
[18] https://www.nasa.gov/rassor-bucket-drum-challenge.
[19] https://breaktheicechallenge.com/.
[20] Roman, M., N. Vetcha, M. Fiske, P. Carrato, K.
Leucht, Overview of NASA’s Break the Ice Lunar
Challenge, ASCEND 2020.
[21] Carrato, P., D. Meadows, K. Churchill, E. Wingate,
NASA’s Lunar Ice-Mining Competition, Mining
Engineering, May 2023.
[22] https://www.spacesettlement.com/mining-the
-moon-for-lunar-resources.html.
[23] https://www.haleyaldrich.com/resources/articles
/four-considerations-for-determining-in-situ
-mining-feasibility/.
[24] https://www.space.com/moon-asteroid-space
-mining-with-concentrated-sunlight.html.
[25] Linne, D., J. Kleinhenz, A. Paz, Lunar Water Pilot
Plant Conceptual Design, ASCEND 2020.
[26] Metzger, P., S. Dhaka, J. Fox, N. Bennett, Aqa
Factorem: Ultra Low Energy Lunar Water Extraction,
NIAC Grant Number 80NSSC 20K1022, March 15,
2021.
[27] del Real, J., G. Barakos, H. Mischo, Space Mining is
the Industry of the Future … or Maybe the Present?,
Mining Engineering, February 2020.