P00001 THE PROPOSED PROJECT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE IS TO DEVELOP CEMENT-LIKE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FROM LUNAR AND MARTIAN REGOLITH USING NOVEL METHODS FOR MAKING CEMENT BINDERS FROM GEOPOLYMERS ON EARTH. THIS DIRECTLY ADDRESSES NASA S NEEDS FOR Other Administrative Action $0 9/30/19 Not listed THE PROPOSED PROJECT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE IS TO DEVELOP CEMENT-LIKE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FROM LUNAR AND MARTIAN REGOLITH USING NOVEL METHODS FOR MAKING CEMENT BINDERS FROM GEOPOLYMERS ON EARTH. THIS DIRECTLY ADDRESSES NASA S NEEDS FOR $0 9/30/19 Not listed THE PROPOSED PROJECT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE IS TO DEVELOP CEMENT-LIKE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FROM LUNAR AND MARTIAN REGOLITH USING NOVEL METHODS FOR MAKING CEMENT BINDERS FROM GEOPOLYMERS ON EARTH. THIS DIRECTLY ADDRESSES NASA S NEEDS FOR ASTRONAUT SURVIVABILITY AND THE UTILIZATION OF MARS AND LUNAR RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY AS IT APPLIES TO IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION FOR BUILDING SHELTER STRUCTURES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY THEREBY MINIMIZING THE UPLOAD FROM EARTH. THE PROPOSED WORK CONSISTS OF: I) TESTING THE REGOLIGHT 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY USING THE BP-1 LUNAR SOIL SIMULANT PROVIDED BY KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. II) DEVELOPING FORMULATIONS OF GEOPOLYMER BINDER FOR 3D PRINTING STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS. III) DETERMINING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE GEOPOLYMER BONDS BY ANALYTICAL METHODS. IV) OPTIMIZING THE CURING TIME AND TEMPERATURE. THE PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE THE CURRENT EXPERIENCE OF THE INVESTIGATORS OF THE MATERIALS PHYSICS IN SPACE OF THE GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER OF THE THE VACUUM 3D SOLAR PRINTING TECHNIQUE TOGETHER WITH EXPERTISE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE GEOPOLYMER-BASED BINDERS TO VALIDATE 3D PRINTING/CHEMICAL CURING WITH SOLAR SINTERING TO OBTAIN BUILDING BLOCKS FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL HABITATS. $100.0k 3/14/19 Not listed THE PROPOSED PROJECT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE IS TO DEVELOP CEMENT-LIKE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FROM LUNAR AND MARTIAN REGOLITH USING NOVEL METHODS FOR MAKING CEMENT BINDERS FROM GEOPOLYMERS ON EARTH. THIS DIRECTLY ADDRESSES NASA S NEEDS FOR ASTRONAUT SURVIVABILITY AND THE UTILIZATION OF MARS AND LUNAR RESOURCES, SPECIFICALLY AS IT APPLIES TO IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION FOR BUILDING SHELTER STRUCTURES USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, THEREBY MINIMIZING THE UPLOAD FROM EARTH. THE PROPOSED WORK CONSISTS OF: I) TESTING THE REGOLIGHT 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY USING THE BP-1 LUNAR SOIL SIMULANT PROVIDED BY KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. II) DEVELOPING FORMULATIONS OF GEOPOLYMER BINDER FOR 3D PRINTING STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS. III) DETERMINING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE GEOPOLYMER BONDS BY ANALYTICAL METHODS. IV) OPTIMIZING THE CURING TIME AND TEMPERATURE. THE PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE THE CURRENT EXPERIENCE OF THE INVESTIGATORS OF THE MATERIALS PHYSICS IN SPACE OF THE GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER OF THE THE VACUUM 3D SOLAR PRINTING TECHNIQUE TOGETHER WITH EXPERTISE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE GEOPOLYMER-BASED BINDERS TO VALIDATE 3D PRINTING/CHEMICAL CURING WITH SOLAR SINTERING TO OBTAIN BUILDING BLOCKS FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL HABITATS. Not listed $100.0k 3/14/19