Lunatron print system
A system to melt lunar soil into interlocking bricks and place them to build landing pads, blast walls and roads.
Why it matters
Landers kick up fast-moving dust and rock. Hard landing pads and berms built from local soil would protect equipment and crews at a permanent base without shipping concrete from Earth.
How the technology works
Robots excavate and sieve regolith and feed it to a furnace that melts it, and the material is formed into interlocking bricks. A Brickbot machine places them.
Astroport says this work is backed by a NASA STTR Phase II portfolio worth $1.4 million.
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