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Lunar Forge

United States

Lunar Forge is a startup developing autonomous laser sintering technology to convert lunar regolith into structural and thermal infrastructure, such as housing and radiation shielding, for lunar fission reactors.

verified 17 July 2026

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Recent developments

  • Lunar Forge has publicly unveiled its plans to build lunar infrastructure — including housing and radiation shielding for fission reactors — by autonomously sintering lunar regolith (dust) on-site, aiming to dramatically reduce the cost of establishing fission reactor support structures on the Moon.

    Read more ↗payloadspace.com17 Jul
  • Lunar Forge's Alex Bell detailed the autonomous sintering cycle their robots run on the Moon: sieved regolith (75–150 µm) is fed to a sintering head, deposited as a 20–40 mm wide bead along a wall contour, and then sintered by laser — repeated thousands of times autonomously to build structural walls.

    Read more ↗linkedin.com13 Jul

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