Lunar Research Initiative seal

Research Areas

LRI organizes its work into a small number of research streams that connect directly to mission needs: how to build, verify, and operate manufacturing systems on the Moon with reliable quality.

Unified Lunar Quality Framework (ULQF)

Architectures that link CTQs, predictive signatures, verification, and autonomy for lunar systems.

Regolith CTQ and Capability

Defining quality attributes, capability limits, and reliability models for regolith based processes.

Operational Risk and Delay

Analyzing how communication delay, autonomy, and quality decisions interact during lunar missions.

Testbeds and Simulation

Designing ground based testbeds and digital models to de-risk lunar manufacturing before flight.