
Chris Dreyer
@chrisscieng
Professor of Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines. I teach and conduct research on how to use the resources of space to expand humanity into space.
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http://space.mines.edu 12-01-2010 21:52:11
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Casting with lava by Colorado School of Mines grad student Kyla Edison (IG: Geolo_geek) in my group. We're working on ways to lessen the energy costs of construction materials, hopefully improving on sintering methods that have been favored in the past. youtube.com/shorts/4dxvB3B…






The Colorado School of Mines and Lunar Outpost team, the Ice Diggers, has made it to level 2 of NASA's Break the Ice Challenge! Now we get to build and test lunar excavation vehicles! minesnewsroom.com/news/colorado-…



Here is the Colorado School of Mines and Lunar Outpost Break the Ice Challenge rover removing the simulated icy regolith. We are on day 3 of our 15-day demonstration. It's going well!

The Colorado School of Mines and Lunar Outpost NASA Break the Ice team are featured in this Colorado Public Radio news article. Go Ice Diggers! cpr.org/2023/09/11/col…

4 days of regolith simulant deliveries by our Outpost Digging System for NASA's #breaktheicechallenge. The Lunar Outpost and Colorado School of Mines team is cranking along. Redwire Corporation and OffWorld, how are you doing?


Last regolith simulant delivery of the 15 day #breaktheicechllenge. The Lunar Outpost and Colorado School of Mines team and the Outpost Digger system performed magnificently. Today, the 15th day of the test, we hit 800kg in a little over 4 hrs. 12,600kg delivered!


The AIAA Space Resources Technical Committee Space Resources Webinar Series is hosting Chris Dreyer (Colorado School of Mines) on May 24 at 3:00 PM US ET / 12:00 PM US PT! Registration (free!) required at the following link. See you then and there! aiaa.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Great summary from Phil Metzger on the history of VIPER.

The AIAA Space Resources Technical Committee Space Resources Webinar Series is hosting Dr. Frankie Zhu (University of Hawaii at Manoa) on August 22 at 4:00 PM US ET / 1:00 PM US PT! Registration (free!) required at the following link: aiaa.zoom.us/webinar/regist…


Pending some final approvals, our Aerospace major will start in Fall 2025. We are busy developing the course details for this exciting new program at Michigan Tech . We are hiring 4 tenure track positions (open rank) and 1 instructional track faculty. Please join us for
