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An LSU professor is working with scientists from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama on a project for an Artemis 3 trip to the moon in 2025.
The university announced today that LSU Bert S. Turner Construction Management assistant professor Ali Kazemian is working with NASA researchers to study the use of special materials found on the moon and Mars to develop concrete that no liquid 3D printing.
Artemis 3 will mark the first manned return to the moon since December 1972. The goal of the program is to put two astronauts on Earth to explore the south pole of the month and began the formation of a long time there. To accomplish this last goal, robotic construction technology will be needed to build multiple support structures, such as stations, landing pads, and radiation shields. But what is used for building materials?
The work, funded by a $200,198 grant from the National Science Foundation, will be done at LSU and the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.
“Building robots on the moon using Lunar resources and more 3D-printing technology is the goal,” Kazemian said. “Even sending raw materials from Earth is very expensive, so the only practical way is to use the resources already available on the moon and Mars for construction.”
Their research focuses on sulfur and regolith. Read more about the project.