Comprehensive resource covering all in-space manufacturing and planetary resource exploration endeavors.
The space economy is developing quickly, and pivotal events have brought us to a strong inflection point. This unique book includes fundamental and ground-breaking innovations in the field and is meant to quickly get readers up to speed on many different facets of space and planetary resource exploration, such as:
- Space health & medicine
- Space biology & space farming
- Space chemistry & space mining
- Space construction & advanced materials production
- Space policy, law & economics
Presenting a snapshot of the expanding space economy and manufacturing applications in low-Earth orbit, along with resource utilization capabilities in development for Moon and Mars missions, this an indispensable source for all researchers and commercial companies working on space and planetary resource exploration.
Table of Contents
Introductory Statement: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Introductory Statement: European Space Agency
Introductory Statement: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Introductory Statement: Australian Space Agency
Part 1: Space Medicine and Human Health
1. Human Health in Space
2. Space Medicine and Countermeasures
3. Frontier Medical Technologies to Support Space Exploration
Part 2: Space Biology
4. Plant Biology and a New Approach to Space Farming
5. Stem Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering in Space
Part 3: Space Chemistry
6. Chemistry Related Innovations in Space. Benefits of Flow Chemistry
7. Catalysis in Space Environments
Part 4: Space Mining
8. Mining and Microbiology for the Solar System Silicate and Basalt Economy
9. Near-Earth Asteroids as Promising Candidates for Space Resources
10. Space Mining of Phosphorus from Moon Crust-Spillover of Learning from Earth
11. Lunar Resources in Support of Human Interplanetary Settlement & Limitations
Part 5: Space Farming & Food
12. PONDS: A New Method for Plant Production in Space
13. Space Food for the Future: Nutritional Challenges and Technological Strategies for Healthy and High-Quality Products
Part 6: Advanced Materials
14. Metal Alloy Synthesis in Microgravity
15. Layer-by-Layer Deposition in Microgravity for Enhanced Thin Film Production
16. 3D Bioprinting Aboard the International Space Station using the Techshot BioFabrication Facility
Part 7: Space Construction
17. Beyond the ISS: The World’s First Commercial Space Station
18. Leveraging Open Innovation to Incentivize Advances in Additive Construction in Space and on Earth
Part 8: Space Policy, Law, and Economics
19. The Impact of the Artemis Accords on Resource Extraction
20. Space Resources: Physical Constraints, Policy Choices, & Ethical Considerations
The Future of Space Exploration: A Young Perspective
