In Situ Resource Utilization
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In Situ Resource Utilization
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 Research Cost: 5000
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| We explore methods to refuel spacecraft away from Earth without requiring hefty refinery complexes. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| As we establish more of a presence in space, the costs of transporting resources into - and beyond - orbit rapidly become prohibitive. Thus, it is imperative that we harvest more of what we need from space, rather than from Earth. Water is the foremost essential, as it can be separated into oxygen and hydrogen, which in turn can be used for creation of fuel, propellant, and a breathing mix for personnel and plants - not to mention also serving as coolant and radiation shielding. Fortunately, we are now confident that we can obtain sufficient water from the ever-shadowed poles of Luna, our own moon, in combination with mining it from asteroids. Beyond that, Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, will provide all the water - and therefore fuel - we need to further our conquest of the Solar System. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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7750 | Total | 10750 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Extended Space Survival | (50%)Subsurface Radiation Analysis • (50%)Microbial Drills • (100%)In-Situ Resource Utilization Module | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Effects | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dry Hole events are less likely to occur at our mines | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lucky Strike events are more likely to occur at our mines | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| "All of us here take water for granted, each and every day. Yet, no matter how humanity might evolve over the centuries to come, one thing will never change - everything we are and everything we do depends upon water." Chancellor Li Qingzhao, The Academy Lecture at Xi'an Jiaotong University | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| TITechTemplate_CSV • TIProjectTemplate_CSV • TIOrgTemplate_CSV • TITechTemplate_EN • TIProjectTemplate_EN • TIOrgTemplate_EN | |||||||||||||||||||||
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