Lunar Resource Prospecting and ISRU: What It Means to Use Material on the Moon

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Using material on the Moon sounds simple until the word using is taken seriously. It means finding a resource, measuring it well enough to trust, reaching it safely, extracting it with machinery that works in vacuum and abrasive dust, processing it with limited power, storing the result, and delivering it to a user whose schedule and quality needs are real. In-situ resource utilization, often shortened to ISRU, is not a magic shortcut. It is a supply chain that begins in a hostile place.

Lunar Resources on Fondsites

Lunar Resource Prospecting and ISRU: What It Means to Use Material on the Moon