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This is the prime source for all research on space and planetary resource exploration - presenting comprehensively the emerging and exciting field of space manufacturing.
List 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
About the author
Volker Hessel is Professor at the University of Adelaide (Australia) in the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials. He is the scientific director of the Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources (ATCSR). He was Director R&D at the "Institut fuer Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH" (Germany) as well as Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). His research is focused on microfluidic/continuous-flow and plasma-chemistry based engineering, and space-resource research. He is (co-)author of > 550 peer-reviewed publications and several books.
> 50 speaking engagements, and she is a member of the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space (CBPSS).
> 110 peer-reviewed publications, mostly in planetary science
>100 peer-reviewed publications.
