Production of Martian fiber by in-situ resource utilization strategy
Ze-Shi Guo,
Dan Xing,
Xiong-Yu Xi,
Cun-Guang Liang,
Bin Hao,
Xiaojia Zeng,
Hong Tang,
Huaican Chen,
Wen Yin,
Peng Zhang,
Kefa Zhou,
Qingbin Zheng,
Peng-Cheng Ma
Affiliations
Ze-Shi Guo
Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Dan Xing
Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Xiong-Yu Xi
Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Cun-Guang Liang
Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Bin Hao
Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Xiaojia Zeng
Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
Hong Tang
Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China
Huaican Chen
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongguan 523000, China; Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China
Wen Yin
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongguan 523000, China; Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, China
Peng Zhang
Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Kefa Zhou
Technology and Engineering Center for Space Utilization, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Qingbin Zheng
School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518172, China
Peng-Cheng Ma
Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, The Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; Corresponding author
Summary: Many countries and commercial organizations have shown great interest in constructing a Martian base. In situ resource utilization (ISRU) provides a cost-effective way to achieve this ambitious goal. In this article, we proposed to use Martian soil simulant to produce a fiber to satisfy material requirement for the construction of Martian base. The composition, melting behavior, and fiber forming process of the soil simulant was studied, and continuous fiber with maximum strength of 1320 MPa and elastic modulus of 99 GPa was obtained on a spinning facility. The findings of this study demonstrate the feasibility of ISRU to prepare Martian fiber from the soil on the Mars, offering a new way to obtain key materials for the construction of a Martian base.
