

This activity is aimed at developing an additive manufacturing process to transform lunar regolith into a construction material, using only concentrated solar energy, without involving any binder. This is intended for applications in the construction of lunar settlements using in-situ resources.

Objectives

The objective is to develop a 3D-printing process for sintering lunar soil simulant with the use of concentrated solar energy. The intended first result is the production of brick-sized model building blocks of a lunar base outer shell. This includes process parameter optimisation and characterisation of the lunar soil simulant and the consolidated materials.

Achievements and status