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Tall Lunar Tower

Matthew Kent Mahlin
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The Tall Lunar Tower (TLT) In-Space Assembly (ISA) team aims to design, model, fabricate, autonomously assemble, and characterize a TLT engineering development unit (EDU). Cross-cutting truss assembly technology will be developed enabling construction of infrastructure in the lunar environment.

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