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MICHIGAN TECH RESEARCH FORUM TECHTALKS Paul van Susante

MICHIGAN TECH Paul van Susante , pjvansus@mtu.edu RESEARCH FORUM TECHTALKS Space Mining is Almost Here! In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Space Mining (Moon, Mars, Asteroids) • Water for rocket fuel/oxidizer • Leverage (only send added value from Earth) • Information, energy, local use, export Space Construction • Use local rocks, regolith • Simple structures, e.g. 3D printing

Paul van Susante , pjvansus@mtu.edu NAME, e-mail address Scholarly Contributions • Chair of ASCE Aerospace Division • Secretary of AIAA Space Resource TC • NASA SBIR/STTR grant 2016-2017 • NASA JPL summer ISRU research 2017 • NASA Early Stage Innovation proposal • Invited talks at UCF CLASS, CSM Force Analysis - Combined 25000.00 Layer - 1: Total Force Layer - 2: Total Force 20000.00 15000.00 Force [N] 10000.00 5000.00 0.00 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 Picture Credit: MTU/Honeybee Robotics/Jetportal SFC X - Location [m] Experiments, field testing Center zone not and CFD analysis are expected to move needed to confirm this if no gaps in thrust exist Rocks outside of center zone could be blown away but will blow away from vehicle and a shallow angles 6 inch Rock buried 2 6 inch Rock inches after scooping Distance to Center line