Recent microgravity results in the synthesis of porous materials

Zhang, X.; Johnson, David P.; Manerbino, A.; Moore, John J.; Schowengerdt, F. D.

doi:10.1063/1.57666

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“…Few actual products have been identified; however, possibilities have been identified that will be tested in the International Space Station. For example, it has been discovered that certain porous and inter-metallic ceramic materials that can only be produced in microgravity may allow strong and effective bone replacements (Zhang et al 1999) that could last the lifetime of the patient, rather than the 10 years typical of current materials. Each of the approximately 10,000 hip replacements made in the U.S. each year might use 1 kg of space-produced materials.…”

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Development of the Moon

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et al. 2006

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

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resource development is challenging, but possible, with products that are useful in space or, in limited cases, on Earth. Proper utilization of these resources, in the establishment of lunar habitations and as fuel for planetary exploration, will provide an invaluable stepping-stone for humanity as it grows beyond the limits of Earth and of our Solar System. Near term uses of these resources can have economic implications in space industrialization and opening up virtually unlimited sources of energy for a growing world economy. Scientific and economic considerations must be melded into plans for future lunar exploration and development, and commercial interests can be expected to join the scientific and technical objectives that have formed the basis for previous lunar exploration programs. This chapter addresses the major topics that must be considered in developing a strategy for the exploration and development of the Moon: • Why go to the Moon? The objectives of lunar exploration will be based on human society's need for more information, energy, and raw materials that constitute the principal underpinnings of economic growth. The chief themes addressed here are the expansion of humans into space, space industrialization (possibly including tourism), space transportation, the search for more energy, the Moon as a laboratory for planetary science, and astronomy and other science on the Moon. • Getting There and Back. Although the Moon is near enough to Earth to be considered part of an economic system with Earth, routine and safe transportation within the Earth-Moon system will need to be developed.

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Section: The Industrialization Of Spacementioning

confidence: 99%