Sirris Materials Workshop - 5 december 2013 - Creating a lunar base with Additive manufacturing - Laurent Pambaguian - ESA-ESTEC

1. Additive manufacturing on the
moon
Dr. Laurent Pambaguian
Vilvoorde
05/12/2013
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2. Exploration!!
1969 Armstrong
Apollo 11
70,000 years
ago aborigines
1492 Columbus
14/10/2013
Ueli Steck
Annapurna
South face
2011 Richard Brandson
Virgin Oceanic
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3. Lunar Environment Atmosphere
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4. Lunar Environment Magnetic field
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5. Lunar Environment Soil
Apollo 17
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Eugene A. Cernan

6. Lunar Environment Temperature
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7. Lunar Environment Vs. Sun orientation
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8. Lunar Site selection
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9. Requirements
No atmosphere
Gamma radiation
Vacuum
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Temperature variations
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Charged particles impact
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No Magnetic field
Micrometeoroids impact
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Charged regolith
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Low gravity
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Slow settling of particles
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No rotation
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Sun illumination
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10. Lunar Survival Tool Kit
Safe dwelling fitting in launcher fairing
Option 1: bring it fully furnished
Option 2: bring the tool for building it
Can we use option 2?
ITT from ESA, GSP study.
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11. The precursors
Stanislas Sorel (no photo)
1837:
1867
patent on iron galvanic
protection using zinc
bath
New form of concrete
based on magnesium
salts
Prof. Joseph Davidovits
Chemist and Egyptologist
1979
1st patent on
geopolymeric resin
1983
Publish “Alchemy and the
Pyramids”
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12. The selected team
Architects
Print
technologies
Enrico Dini
Xavier de
Kestelier
Process control
Space industry
Giovanni Cesaretti
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13. The 3D Printing process
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14. Printing under vacuum
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15. Lunar Base design using printer
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16. Lunar base conception
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17. Lunar base conception
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18. Lunar base conception
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19. Lunar base conception
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20. Lunar base conception
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21. Lunar base conception
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32. 3D Print of 3D print concept
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33. Let’s dream
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34. Toward a modular concept
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35. What else for 3D printing?
GSP study
Use 3D printer for spare parts
Clamp band replacement
One part complex manifold
New items
e.g. sample
container
Fastener & screw driver
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