In Situ Resource Utilization

In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) refers to the production of useful materials from the resources available at a given location.

One form of ISRU is In-Situ Propellant Production, (ISPP), or manufacture of rocket fuel from local resources; the term ISPP is no longer currently much used, in favor of the more generic terminology ISRU, which incorporates use of in-situ resources for uses other than propellant

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