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School of Mining Engineering Mars Mining Operation Optimiser - M 2 O 2 Carlos Tapia Cortez - School of Mining Engineering - UNSW A/Prof. Serkan Saydam - School of Mining Engineering - UNSW Dr Laurent Sibille - Ascentech Enterprises, Inc. KSC

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School of Mining Engineering

Mars Mining Operation Optimiser - M2O2

Carlos Tapia Cortez - School of Mining Engineering - UNSW A/Prof. Serkan Saydam - School of Mining Engineering - UNSW Dr Laurent Sibille - Ascentech Enterprises, Inc.– KSC Swampworks

  • Prof. Michael Karmis- Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research - Virginia Tech

Dr Aaron Noble - Mining and Minerals Engineering – Virginia Tech

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“Harvesting Martian Resources to create fuel, water, oxygen and building materials.”

RESOURCES

Journey to Mars, NASA (2015)

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Mineral Resources

Earth Mars

HOW?

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“Mining robots will be a key part of the planned colonization of Mars” “The vital role mining equipment is set to play when it comes to help people establish their homes in Mars”

MINING MODEL

Musk, E (2016) - SpaceX

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Off Earth Mining Technology

MISWE Rassor Rover/ Transporter Corer TBM Vacuum Distillation

Prospective

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“A lot of experience from the terrestrial mining can be shared to the space industry ”

OFF EARTH MINING

Serres, M (2017)

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M2O2

Simulates Martian mining

  • peration for regolith

extraction and water production. Assesses and compares technical requirements of Martian mining missions. Uses geological, mineralogical and topographical data.

NASA (2017) https://www.nasa.gov/feature/langley/university-students-mine-for-water-at-nasa-s-mars-ice-challeng
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M2O2

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M2O2 - Location

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M2O2 – Surface Architecture

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M2O2 – Surface Architecture

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M2O2 – Geological Block Model

Original Rozenite Data Rotated Rozenite Data (37◦) Rozenite Block Model M²O²

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M2O2 – Surface Architecture

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M2O2 – Surface Architecture

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M2O2 – Surface Architecture

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M2O2 – Mining System / Target

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M2O2 – Mining System / Target

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M2O2 – Mining System / Equipment

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M2O2 – Mining System / Equipment

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M2O2 – Mining System / Equipment

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M2O2 – Mining System / Mining Method

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M2O2 – Mining System / Mining Method

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M2O2 – Mining System / Processing

21.96 4.12 3.66
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M2O2 – Simulation

210 50 50 10 100 15 150 20 200 25 250 MS MS01 MISWE RASSOR TRANSPORTER 29 5 10 10 15 15 20 20 25 25 30 30 35 35 MS MS02 MISWE RASSOR TRANSPORTER 38 27 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 MS MS03 MISWE RASSOR TRANSPORTER 38 1 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 MS0 MS04 MISWE RASSOR TRANSPORTER 100 100 200 200 0. 0.0 1. 1.0 2. 2.0 3. 3.0 4. 4.0 5. 5.0 6. 6.0 7. 7.0 MS MS01 01 MS MS02 02 MS MS03 03 MS MS04 04 (h (h) (k (kg / g /h) Mining S System ems P Perfor
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M2O2 – Simulation

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Conclusions & Recommendations

M2O2

  • Provides a comprehensive approach for assessing

Martian mining mission performance and technical requirements.

  • Helps planning missions by assessing hazardous

conditions and geological uncertainties.

  • Compares the performance of difference mining

configuration for water extraction on Mars.

  • Provides valuable information for the design Off-Earth

mining equipment to reach production target for different Martian regions and crew number.

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Further Research

 Add Machine Learning algorithms to:

  • Infer, calculate and update In-Situ resources.
  • Select the more appropriated mining/fleet configuration.
  • Assess uncertainties.
  • Manage risks.

 Improve Earth mining technology knowledge for adapting to Martian environment (design and performance).  Code the tool in a more powerful platform to improve its graphical and calculation performance.

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