06.06.2025 • Book

In-Space Manufacturing and Resources: Earth and Planetary Exploration Applications

In-Space Manufacturing and Resources, Earth and Planetary Exploration Applications; Hessel, Volker / Stoudemire, Jana / Miyamoto, Hideaki / Fisk, Ian D.; August 2022, 432 pages, 149,00 €, Wiley-VCH, ISBN: 978-3-527-34853-4

Authors: Volker Hessel (Editor), Jana Stoudemire (Editor), Hideaki Miyamoto (Editor), Ian D. Fisk (Editor)

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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.

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