‘Lunar Resources’ Enterprise Details Plans To Support Artemis Buildout And AFTM
Space Manufacturing Forays Largely Focusing On Thin Layer Additive Processes, Taking Advantage Of Vacuum In LEO And In-Situ Oxygen Refining From Mineral Oxides Abundant In Lunar Maria / Highlands; Lunar Resources Principals Alex Ignatiev (R) and Ronald Polidan (L) Aim To Marry These Initiatives On Lunar Surface, With 3 Major Infrastructure Planks: Magma, Whereby Molten Regolith Electrolysis Produces Raw Building Material; FarView, Construction Of Far Side Low-Frequency Radio Observatory, Championed By Jack Burns; And 1MW, Powering Settlement With ~450kW Within 1 Year, 1 Mega-Watt By 2030
Credits: Lunar Resources, ISDC