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• Metamorphic rock
  ...ially the same, the type of metamorphic rock that forms will depend on the rock from which it was formed and the temperature to which it was exposed.<ref n ...eous rock]], where the cooling magma that formed the intrusive rock heated rock that had already existed in the area.
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• Igneous rock
  ...s called lava) before solidifying, it is called an '''extrusive''' igneous rock. ...lowed onto the surface; therefore would be considered an extrusive igneous rock. It is fine-grained and dark since it contains dark minerals.<ref>https://
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• Metamorphic rock
  ...ially the same, the type of metamorphic rock that forms will depend on the rock from which it was formed and the temperature to which it was exposed.<ref n ...eous rock]], where the cooling magma that formed the intrusive rock heated rock that had already existed in the area.
  1 KB (158 words) - 11:19, 17 December 2018
• Igneous rock
  ...s called lava) before solidifying, it is called an '''extrusive''' igneous rock. ...lowed onto the surface; therefore would be considered an extrusive igneous rock. It is fine-grained and dark since it contains dark minerals.<ref>https://
  1 KB (226 words) - 08:52, 25 August 2021
• Sand
  ...also a fair portion of iron oxide. Sand is unconsolidated. Sandstone is a rock made from consolidated sand.<ref>Sepp, Siim. n.d. [https://www.sandatlas.or
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• Digging machine
  ...oviding radiation protection through underground construction and, if the rock is of good enough quality, structure for the habitat. Many tunnels require Most tunnel boring machines include a liner installation system, as well as rock bolt installations and grouting for gaps between the liners and the excavat
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• Graphite
  Graphite occurs on Earth in [[igneous rock|igneous]] and [[metamorphic rock]], sometimes as metamorphosed [[coal]]. It can also be found in [[limestone
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• Volatiles
  ...nce is located. For example, water is volatile on Earth but water ice is a rock-hard mineral on Pluto.
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• Flotation
  ...mother rock called the gangue. Mechanical crushing and milling break the rock down into fine powders where the individual ore particles are separate from
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• Artificial cave
  ...lized and reinforced with a liner to hold in the air pressure. All surface rock formations are expected to be fractured and contain voids, so pressurizatio ...the ground area will be about 3 x 1000m or 3000m2. The volume of removed rock is 20 000 m3, while the useful final volume is 12000 m3. Clearly it would
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• Hydrothermal vents
  ...eating through volcanism or asteroid impact circulates through a volume of rock. the water dissolves minerals, that condense out at the exit points, the h
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• Caves
  ...ctly, due to cracks and flaws in the rock, of lack of mass in the covering rock. In such a case the caves could serve as radiation shelters and the habita
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• Silica
  Silica is produced by mining silica bearing rocks. Rock with a high proportion of silica is crushed until the silica crystals are s
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• Bacteria Colonists
  ...radiation, and cold above. Bacteria grow for an hour a day, but when the rock is shadowed (or at night) the water freezes and the bacteria become dormant
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• Compressed-air
  ...s are lined with an impermeable membrane, the structure of the surrounding rock may be sufficient to contain the pressure. The entrances to the cave or tub
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• Hellas Planitia
  ...aphy, flowed downhill, and is now protected from sublimation by a layer of rock debris and dust. Sublimation is when a solid changes directly to a gas with ...38.</ref> So, it seems that large masses of ice have pushed up layers of rock into domes that were eroded. After erosion removed the top of the layered
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• Water Infrastructure
  ...ate.net/figure/Compressive-strength-and-density-of-ice-versus-a-variety-of-rock-types-data-from_fig3_272743517</ref> so drilling might not be too much work ...205_3.pdf</ref>, or 36 kJ/kg. With the reduced shear strength compared to rock, then crushing it might require something like 3 kJ/kg or less. This is tw
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• Gusev Crater
  ...One type can be brushed off, while another needed to be ground off by the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT).<ref>{{cite journal | author = Christensen P | year = | ...pg |thumb|200px|right|Labeled diagram showing a cross section of a typical rock from Gusev plains]]
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• ATHLETE
  * Climb slopes of 35° on rock and 25° on soft sand
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• Olympus Mons
  ===Rock=== ...Mons stands in one of the dustiest regions of Mars. This would likely make rock samples hard to come by and the dust layer would also likely cause severe m
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• Sinus Sabaeus quadrangle
  ...gle contains a few very interesting craters. One contains a strange white rock in the center. Another crater, Schiaparelli, is a large, easily located cr ...reds of kilometers, and in the process it dissolved many minerals from the rock it passed through. When ground water surfaces in low areas containing sedi
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• ISRU timeline
  |Rock
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