Lunar Pipelines: Supplying Moon Stations with Off-World Oxygen | NASA Space Tech

Lunar Pipelines: Supplying Moon Stations with Off-World Oxygen | NASA Space Tech

Researchers are working on a new concept that may one day sustain a permanent human presence on the Moon. Here is the idea: an off-Earth robot-built pipeline transporting lunar-extracted oxygen to future Moon stations. It may sound out-of-this-world (and it is) but this concept could help make a future human presence on the Moon sustainable and cost-efficient.

NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) that could help sustain a permanent human presence on the Moon. 

To learn more visit: https://go.nasa.gov/45QEmDK 

To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic please visit the 2023 NIAC Symposium Vimeo site: 
https://vimeo.com/showcase/11002468/video/912886601#t=10809s

To learn more about NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program visit: https://www.nasa.gov/niac

This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and far-reaching aerospace program, one that has the potential to create breakthrough technologies for possible future space missions. However, such early-stage technology developments may never become actual NASA missions.

Video Credit: NASA Space Tech
Duration: 1 minute, 38 seconds
Release Date: Nov. 14, 2024

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