Three projects helmed by US universities have each been awarded $2m (£1.5m) over two years by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) to develop lunar infrastructure technology.
The three teams will develop technologies for living and working on the Moon using lunar resources for construction and creating electronics that can work in the Moon’s cold climate.
The three projects are:
- Autonomous Construction: Led by the Colorado School of Mines, this will explore autonomous robot construction methods on the Moon’s surface.
- Extracting Resources: The Missouri University of Science and Technology will use magnetic and electrostatic technologies to more efficiently separate calcium- and aluminium-containing minerals from the Moon’s soil.
- Extremely Cold Electronics: Auburn University will analyse recent lunar missions to create new electronics that cope with low temperatures.
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