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Development of Icy Regolith Simulant for Lunar Permanently Shadowed Regions

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dc.contributor.authorŠļumba, K.
dc.contributor.authorSargeant, H.M.
dc.contributor.authorBritt, D.T.
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThe lunar poles are thought to contain vast ice deposits that could be beneficial to future space exploration efforts. However, it is not well characterized how water ice content affects regolith and dust physical properties. In order to develop suitable technologies that can operate safely in the cryogenic regolith, testing should be conducted in simulated regolith. We present a new production method for lunar permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) icy regolith simulant. We build on an existing lunar highlands simulant, by adapting it for lunar poles, where water ice might be present in PSRs. We have demonstrated a production concept using controllable simulant and water flow rates to make granular icy simulant with variable water ice content. We found that with this production method, icy simulant has a porosity of 0.6 to 0.7, that persists even after dehydration.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityKārlis Šļumba, Hannah M. Sargeant, Daniel T. Britt
dc.identifier.citationAdvances in Space Research, 2024; 73(6):3222-3234
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.asr.2024.01.014
dc.identifier.issn0273-1177
dc.identifier.issn1879-1948
dc.identifier.orcidŠļumba, K. [0000-0003-2171-8866]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/140850
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.rights© 2024 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2024.01.014
dc.subjectLunar regolith; Lunar volatiles; Permanently shadowed region; Lunar polar region; Regolith simulant; In-situ resource utilization
dc.titleDevelopment of Icy Regolith Simulant for Lunar Permanently Shadowed Regions
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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