Squeezing water from rocks: Moon ore and mineral process prototype for water production

For human space exploration to be successful, technologies to produce breathable air, drinking water, and fuel are needed to sustain life. Particularly on the Moon, there are a variety of minerals and ore in different regions on the Moon’s surface that can be extracted and chemically processed to produce air, water, and fuel. The objective of this project is to test and scale up a novel process, invented by CSMC, for producing water and oxygen from minerals that are prepared to simulate the composition of the Moon’s soil. Once this is accomplished in a scalable way, it will be possible for humankind to establish a Moon colony for resource extraction and further space exploration. The benefit to the partner will be to have a completed prototype that is designed to maximize the water produced from the Moon’s soil.

Faculty Supervisor:

Melanie Hazlett

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Partner:

Canadian Space Mining Corporation (Toronto)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

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