{"id":2072,"date":"2018-09-03T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T02:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/class\/?page_id=2072"},"modified":"2024-10-03T14:40:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T18:40:59","slug":"simulant_mgs1s","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/simulant_mgs1s\/","title":{"rendered":"MGS-1S Sulfate ISRU"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Exolith Simulant: MGS-1S Sulfate ISRU<\/h2>\n

Mineralogy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mineral<\/th>\nWt.%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Gypsum<\/td>\n40.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plagioclase<\/td>\n16.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glass-rich basalt<\/td>\n13.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyroxene<\/td>\n12.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olivine<\/td>\n8.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mg-sulfate<\/td>\n2.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ferrihydrite<\/td>\n2.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hydrated silica<\/td>\n1.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magnetite<\/td>\n1.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anhydrite<\/td>\n1.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fe-carbonate<\/td>\n0.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hematite<\/td>\n0.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Simulant Name:<\/strong> MGS-1S Sulfate ISRU
\nCurrent Status:<\/strong> Available
\nDeveloped By:<\/strong> University of Central Florida
\nPublications:<\/strong> Cannon, K. M., D. T. Britt, T. M. Smith, R. F. Fritsche, and D. Batcheldor (2019), Mars Global Simulant MGS-1: A Rocknest-based Open Standard for Basaltic Martian Regolith Simulants. Icarus, 317<\/em>, 470-478.<\/a><\/div>\n
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UCF has ceased production of the simulant. The simulant is now offered by Space Resource Technologies, a spin-off company. You can reach Space Resources Technologies at the following email address: <\/span><\/span>info@spaceresourcetech.com<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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MGS-1S is a modified version of the root\u00a0MGS-1 simulant<\/strong>, and is enriched in the polyhydrated sulfate gypsum. This represents the Reference Case \u201cB\u201d in the\u00a0NASA Mars Water In-Situ Resource Utilization Study<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

MGS-1S is specifically designed for ISRU water extraction studies; the M-WIP study concluded that polyhydrated sulfate deposits represent a clear advantage over bulk regolith or clay-bearing deposits in terms of mass and power, and may be much easier to access and excavate than permafrost deposits.<\/p>\n

Images<\/h2>\n

Photograph of an MGS-1S prototype:<\/p>\n

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Exolith Simulant: MGS-1S Sulfate ISRU Mineralogy Mineral Wt.% Gypsum 40.0 Plagioclase 16.4 Glass-rich basalt 13.7 Pyroxene 12.2 Olivine 8.2 Mg-sulfate 2.4 Ferrihydrite 2.1 Hydrated silica 1.8 Magnetite 1.1 Anhydrite 1.0 Fe-carbonate 0.8 Hematite 0.3 Simulant Name: MGS-1S Sulfate ISRU Current Status: Available Developed By: University of Central Florida Publications: Cannon, K. M., D. T. Britt, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2072","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2072"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3634,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2072\/revisions\/3634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}