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Lunar Resources for Solar Conversion

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Why do we fly to the Moon?

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Structure

Consumables

ECLSSPower

Other

Lunar Base - System Mass Breakdown

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Landing and Deploying

Gathering Lunar Resources

Solar Cell Manufacturing on the Moon

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Manufacturing

Powering a Lunar Base

Processing of Regolith

Credits: Pablo López Soriano

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Solar Cell Manufacturing on the Moon

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FeO

Al2O3

SiO2

MgO

CaO

Other

TiO2

Lunar RegolithComposition

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Lunar RegolithComposition

Regolith Simulants

Aluminium Content

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Substrate Manufacturing

Microwave Melting

Grinding

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Solar Cell Augmentation

Polishing Glass

Aluminium Coating

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Solar-Cell-Reflector System for aLunar Base

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Conclusion & Outlook

☑ Substrate Manufacturing with Different Regoliths☑ Mirror Production on Top of Substrate

☐ Enhance Quality of Mirrors ☐ Test Solar-Cell-Concentrator System☐ Test Manufacturing Process for other Applications

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Thanks!

Special Thanks: Pablo López Soriano – Freelance Designer, Bristol (UK) Jim Buckmann – Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (UK)

The Team: Dr. Nick Bennett – Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (UK) Bethany Lomax – Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (UK) Joseph Gibbons – Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (UK) Dr. Aidan Cowley – ESA Astronaut Centre, Cologne (GER) Dr. Matthias Maurer – ESA Astronaut Centre, Cologne (GER)

Juergen Schleppi: js79@hw.ac.uk