{"685730":{"#nid":"685730","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"A buried solar receiver to melt lunar ice","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA NASA-funded research team at Georgia Tech that includes Regents\u0027 Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-orlando\u0022\u003EThomas Orlando\u003C\/a\u003E and Senior Research Scientist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/brant-m-jones\u0022\u003EBrant Jones\u003C\/a\u003E has developed a method for extracting water from the Moon to generate the hydrogen and oxygen needed for propulsion fuels for solar system exploration. They describe their experimental work in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.actaastro.2025.03.040\u0022\u003EThermal extraction of H2O(s) from lunar regolith simulant with concentrated solar irradiation: Experimental analysis\u003C\/a\u003E, published at \u003Cem\u003EActa Astronautica\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers propose an interesting way to extract water from the potentially water-rich icy regions at the Moon\u2019s pole. These regions are of interest to space agencies because the presence of water, which can be extracted or retrieved, is required for human exploration.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA NASA-funded research team at Georgia Tech that includes Regents\u0027 Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/thomas-orlando\u0022\u003EThomas Orlando\u003C\/a\u003E and Senior Research Scientist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/brant-m-jones\u0022\u003EBrant Jones\u003C\/a\u003E has developed a method for extracting water from the Moon to generate the hydrogen and oxygen needed for propulsion fuels for solar system exploration. They describe their experimental work in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.actaastro.2025.03.040\u0022\u003EThermal extraction of H2O(s) from lunar regolith simulant with concentrated solar irradiation: Experimental analysis\u003C\/a\u003E, published at \u003Cem\u003EActa Astronautica\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers propose an interesting way to extract water from the potentially water-rich icy regions at the Moon\u2019s pole. These regions are of interest to space agencies because the presence of water, which can be extracted or retrieved, is required for human exploration.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-10-15 21:55:08","changed_gmt":"2025-10-16 18:59:02","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"SolarPACES","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.solarpaces.org\/a-buried-solar-receiver-to-melt-lunar-ice\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"192252","name":"cos-planetary"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}