Supporting Human Exploration of Mars: Experimental Evaluation of Thermal Drilling for Water Extraction from Martian Glacier Ice
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2025Author
Zimmermann, Eleanor
Johnson, George
Redlon, Gregory
Zerbel, Samantha
Zacny, Kris
van Susante, Paul
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AbstractMartian subterranean glacier ice is a valuable resource that could provide the water
required for in situ life support and rocket fuel production. Rodriguez Well technology
has been proposed as a means to access and extract this glacial ice. To ...