ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Radiation resistance of solar sintered regolith for space applications

Abstract: The establishment of a permanent base on the lunar surface will require the construction of roads and habitats that need shielding from meteoroids and space radiation. In-Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU), in which the construction is done using materials on the moon, would be a solution to reduce materials launcher limitations, cost, and the risk of realising a moon base. In this context, an ESA-GSTP project started in 2015, in partnership with DLR-Cologne, with the objective to turn lunar regolith simulant into solid construction blocks by additive manufacturing. Using the unique solar oven of DLR, a solar sintering process was designed to form building blocks without the use of any binder. This proposal requests beam time on the CHIP-IR facility within ISIS to determine the radiation shielding efficiency of different lunar simulants, sintered with different process parameters.

Principal Investigator: Mr Andrew Barnes
Local Contact: Dr Carlo Cazzaniga
Experimenter: Mr Alexandre Meurisse

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1800087

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1800087

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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