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bonding earth and space materials

The future of lunar construction

Validating ISRU is a fundamental asset to enabling the future of space exploration. The current NASA Artemis plan identifies ISRU as one of the most important fields of development for the next missions on the Lunar surface.

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A new generation of extraterrestrial materials

Superpolymers such as PEEK or Ultem are already protagonists of a material revolution in the space sector. They show similar or superior mechanical properties to space-grade metals while retaining the manufacturing simplicity and lightness typical of polymers. On the lunar surface, we can mix them up with locally sourced materials (ISRU) to enhance further reduce the dependence on earth resources and engineer specific material properties to solve the challenges of space exploration.

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