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Recycling of space debris (with ESA-ESTEC)

estero Thesis abroad


keywords RECYCLING, SPACE DEBRIS MITIGATION

Reference persons GIOVANNI ANDREA BLENGINI

External reference persons Sebastien Vincent-Bonnieu, PhD.
Discipline lead Physical Sciences
Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration Programmes

European Space Agency - ESTEC
Keplerlaan 1, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk-ZH, The Netherlands

Research Groups Life Cycle Assessment

Thesis type EXPERIMENTAL, IN COMPANY

Description • Space is full of debris from satellite and rocket parts. With the progress of 3D printing insitu manufacturing , these debris could be re-use for building new space payloads (science instrument, satellite , rocket for exploration etc.)
• However the recycling process require a lot of energy. It is thus not clear if the recycling would save or lose energy.
• The objective of the thesis is to analyse the energy cycle of the recycling process for different debris and applications.
The thesis might include an internship up to 6 months with the European Space Agency - ESTEC (most probably to be done remotely due to COVID)


Deadline 19/02/2022      PROPONI LA TUA CANDIDATURA