ISRU / Regolith processing

Pyrolytic
Deoxidization

A lunar processing plant built around cart-mounted crucibles. Explore the Pyrolytic Deoxidizer and Nitro-Chlorination Distillation System along a rail loop with dedicated loading and slag stations, alongside a solar concentrator field.

Lunar regolith processing plant

Crucible rail loop

Seven crucible carts share the 84 × 18 m loop and queue at occupied stations. The auger feeds each empty cart directly.

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Plant layout concept; the animation illustrates equipment handling, not a validated process sequence. Relative product timing follows the Apollo 15 soil mix on the regolith composition page. Surface texture: Poly Haven Moon 02 (regolith simulant). Earth: NASA Blue Marble.