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NASA Grant Explores Extraction of Metals from Lunar Dust

Researcher(s) Keywords:

  1. Utilization of Space Resources and Sustainable Space Exploration
  2. Combustion Synthesis of Advanced Materials for Aerospace and Energy Applications
  3. Combustion of energetic and gas-generating materials

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Shafirovich, Evgeny
College: Engineering
Department: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
NASA Grant Explores Extraction of Metals from Lunar Dust
Date: November 08, 2017



UTEP’s Evgeny Shafirovich, Ph.D., professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering, recently was awarded $32,160 to start a joint research effort with Lynntech, Inc., for NASA. “Lynntech invited us to participate because of our experience in the area of In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), particularly our recent research with lunar and Martian regolith simulants, supported by NASA,” Shafirovich said....


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