Asteroid mining and in-space metal refining
USA
TIER 02
In-Situ Resource Utilization
Extraction & manufacturing from planetary materials.
Directory
COMPANIES
FLEX rover; lunar surface mobility for ISRU site access
USA
Processing lunar regolith into construction materials
USA
Oxygen and metal extraction from lunar regolith
Israel
Planetary drilling, excavation, and sample collection systems
USA
Regolith 3D printing for lunar/Mars surface habitats
USA
Lunar water-ice and regolith extraction for propellant
USA
Industrial robots for autonomous space resource extraction
USA
Lunar ISRU technology demonstrations; ESA and NASA partner
Belgium
Optical mining; solar-powered asteroid resource harvesting
USA
RESEARCHERS
Univ. of Houston
Solar cell fabrication directly from lunar regolith
Colorado School of Mines
Space resources, lunar and asteroid mining systems
TU Delft
Geotechnical properties of planetary regolith for ISRU
Univ. of Edinburgh
Biomining, biological ISRU, astrobiology
NASA JSC
ISRU systems integration and lunar resource utilization
Honeybee Robotics
Planetary drilling, excavation, and sample collection
NASA KSC
Regolith simulants and ISRU process development
Michigan Tech
Lunar/Mars excavation and regolith mining systems
NASA MSFC
In-space manufacturing using solar energy; ISRU metals
Univ. of Central Florida
Planetary ISRU, regolith mechanics, space industry growth
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