SBIR/STTR Research Award
Cislune Regolith Pathways and Landing Pads
Award amount
$149,995Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- CISLUNE INC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-07-20
- Contract end date
- 2023-08-25
- UEI
- DGPTTY66S627
- Solicitation number
- STTR_22_P1
- Topic code
- T7
Research abstract
Cislune and UCF propose a site preparation architecture that relies upon in-situ resources and a small number of rovers and excavators working as a swarm to build durable lunar surfaces with size-sorted and then compacted lunar regolith. Efficient manipulation of bulk regolith via size-sorting and compaction is the most efficient architecture for lunar site preparation. We will test compaction techniques on various combinations of regolith simulant size fractions to determine the maximum strength available from compressed regolith. We will also do PSI and CFD modeling to determine requirements for landing spacecraft to determine where compressed regolithnbsp;can be used.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Terrain Regolith Evaluation And Degradation (TREAD)
- Geotechnical Regolith Advanced Site Preparation (GRASP)
- Fluffy Layer Ultra-low-Force Soil Compression ANalyser (FLUFSCAN)
- Compact Integrated Sorting Technology for Oxygen and Regolith Treatment (CISORT)
- Shear Strength Enhancement for Autonomous Regolith Preparation (SHEARPREP)
Research funding history
13 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2021–2025). Reported award amounts total $3,453,572. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration