CISLUNE INC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration STTR Phase I: T7
CISLUNE INC — STTR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $149,995
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- T7
- Solicitation
- STTR_22_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2022-07-20 → 2023-08-25
Description
Cislune and UCF propose a site preparation architecture that relies upon in-situ resources and a small number of rovers and excavators working as a swarm to build durable lunar surfaces with size-sorted and then compacted lunar regolith. Efficient manipulation of bulk regolith via size-sorting and compaction is the most efficient architecture for lunar site preparation. We will test compaction techniques on various combinations of regolith simulant size fractions to determine the maximum strength available from compressed regolith. We will also do PSI and CFD modeling to determine requirements for landing spacecraft to determine where compressed regolithnbsp;can be used.