Advisor Name
Dr. Mike Fabian
Major
Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description
The topic of In-Situ propellants involves the study on how to use the natural resources of a planet to produce propellants that can be used to further space exploration. This paper investigates the possible propellants that can be produce using resources found on Mars. The five methods examined are: producing oxygen and hydrogen using electrolysis, generating oxygen from carbon dioxide using a sorption compressor, using the Sabatier reaction to produce methane from carbon dioxide and hydrogen, allowing carbon dioxide to thermally decompose producing carbon monoxide and oxygen, and the final method is the production of hydrazines. Also discussed are the difficulties involved with In-Situ propellant production and how further research into this topic will benefit space exploration as a whole.
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
Spring 2015
Scholarly Commons Citation
Beseler, K. (2015). Research into In-Situ Propellant Methods and Applications. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/pr-honors-coe/3
