Created: 2022-08-20
Updated: 2023-02-18
Company - L'Garde
Product/Service
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
- Fields
- Solar Sail
Oxygen
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not announced
Further develop a lightweight and low stow volume solar concentrator for use in lunar in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) applications, specifically for oxygen extraction from lunar regolith.
In the Phase I effort, a design of a full scale solar concentrator was created, and analysis showed the solar concentrator meeting NASA performance requirements. Also small scale prototypes were fabricated and deployment test successfully demonstrated the stowage and deployment concept.
In the Phase II effort, we will optimize the design of the solar concentrator as well develop the overall ISRU system, fabricate a demonstration-level prototype, characterize the solar concentration performance, and perform environmental test to understand how performance is affected.