NASA's Lunar Resource Utilization Demo: Paving the Way for Moon Colonization

NASA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input from the lunar community for its future Lunar Infrastructure Foundational Technologies (LIFT-1) demonstration, which aims to test In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) technologies on the Moon. The primary objective of LIFT-1 is to demonstrate the extraction of oxygen from lunar soil, with additional objectives including new landing technologies, surface operations, and scalable power generation. NASA is looking for input on launch, landing, and surface infrastructure technologies to inform the integrated approach for the subscale ISRU demonstration. The goal is to establish a sustained presence on the Moon and reduce dependence on Earth by utilizing lunar resources for fuel, water, and oxygen production.