Lunar Resource Prospecting Gets a Boost to Enable Self-Sufficient Moon Missions
NASA and industry are advancing in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) for the Moon, with Interlune awarded a $6.9 million Phase III SBIR contract to validate and flight-test resource-prospecting tools, including a mass spectrometer inspired by MSOLO, to extract lunar materials and reduce Earth resupply for future long-duration missions.