Method for Producing Launch/Landing Pads and Structures Project

Mueller, Robert P.

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Method for Producing Launch/Landing Pads and Structures Project

Mueller, Robert P.

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Current plans for deep space exploration include building landing-launch pads capable of withstanding the rocket blast of much larger spacecraft that that of the Apollo days. The proposed concept will develop lightweight launch and landing pad materials from in-situ materials, utilizing regolith to produce controllable porous cast metallic foam brickstiles shapes. These shapes can be utilized to lay a landing launch platform, as a construction material or as more complex parts of mechanical assemblies.

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Mueller, Robert P.. 2015-08-01. Method for Producing Launch/Landing Pads and Structures Project. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150015509

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