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Lunar Resources for Solar Conversion B.Eng. M.Sc. Juergen Schleppi js79@hw.ac.uk OEMF - 21/09/2017 1/14 Why do we fly to the Moon? OEMF - 21/09/2017 OEMF - 21/09/2017 js79@hw.ac.uk 2/14 Lunar Base - System Mass Breakdown Other Power

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B.Eng. M.Sc. Juergen Schleppi js79@hw.ac.uk

Lunar Resources for Solar Conversion

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Why do we fly to the Moon?

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Structure Consumables ECLSS Power Other

Lunar Base - System Mass Breakdown

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Landing and Deploying Gathering Lunar Resources

Solar Cell Manufacturing

n the Moon

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Manufacturing Powering a Lunar Base Processing of Regolith

Credits edits: Pablo lo López ez Soriano ano

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Solar Cell Manufacturing

n the Moon

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FeO Al2O3 SiO2 MgO CaO Other TiO2 Lunar Regolith Composition

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Lunar Regolith Composition

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 a Lunar 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