Masten’s Moon Rocket Mining System Concept

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Masten teamed up with Honeybee Robotics and Lunar Outpost to design a new Rocket Mining System that can rapidly extract frozen volatiles from the Moon. source/image(PrtSc): mastenspace This method disrupts lunar soil with a series of rocket plumes that fluidize ice regolith by exposing it to direct convective heating.It utilizes a 100 lbf rocket engine under a pressurized dome to enable deep...

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