Dr. Paul van Susante comes with the heritage of the Colorado School of Mines, but is a professor at Michigan Technological University. He is well-known in the Lunar and Mars construction & ISRU field, contributing to CLASS and as co-Investigator on several experiments.  


On the Cold Star Project with host Jason Kanigan we discuss:

what properties and result of the lunar regolith Paul is focusing on
how his background in robotics and mining terrestrially, and at the Colorado School of Mines, applies to the new environments of Luna and Mars
details of projects he has worked on
the Mining INnovation Enterprise (MINE), which Paul founded
what the Planetary Surface Technology Development Lab is all about
factors and considerations, materials and processes, he believes are most important for next steps in ISRU on the Moon and Mars.


Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS) website: https://sciences.ucf.edu/class/

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