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Landing on the moon
The first step for building on the moon
In Project Olympus, ICON and SEArch+ have developed design schematics for critical surface infrastructure necessary for a permanent lunar base. In 2020 ICON was awarded an SBIR contribution from Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to contribute to NASA Marshall’s Moon-to-Mars Planetary Autonomous Construction Technologies (MMPACT) initiative. ICON will first demonstrate additive manufacturing capabilities for horizontal structures such as roads and landing pads, followed by demonstrations of vertical structures, including unpressurized radiation shelters as well as habitats.
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Vittorio`s job as a consultant for SEArch+ was to assess different strategies to deal with the dust ejecta during the landing sequence and design different landing pad options based on the identified drivers.
On the left: 3 different dust mitigation strategies and their applications in the study.
LSS Lunar Surface System 14-days mission Minimal surface habitat
