LUNAR REGOLITH PROCESSING HUB
FULL WORKFLOW • ECONOMIC DRIVER sovereignagentics.io
Lunar Regolith Processing Hub
Models the full workflow: Excavate → Extract He-3 (high-value) → Sinter construction materials + ISRU byproducts (O₂, propellant). Power requirements and economic outputs per module. Directly drives lunar economy in the Full Visualizer.

Workflow Inputs

Best long-term: Microwave for bulk regolith (extract He-3 + produce sinterable feedstock), laser for final placement and large-area construction. Cross-links to He3 miner, Moonbase, Mass Driver.

Hub Results — Modules

POWER BREAKDOWN + ECONOMIC VALUE

About the Lunar Regolith Processing Hub

A real lunar base processes regolith for several outputs at once — excavation feedstock, sintered construction material, helium-3, oxygen, and propellant — all sharing one power budget. This hub models the whole system so you can see the combined economics and where the megawatts go.

It ties together the individual ISRU steps into a single dashboard: total power, mass, and annual economic value across every product stream.

How to use it

  1. Set your processing rate and power availability.
  2. Run the hub to see per-stream output: helium-3, oxygen, propellant, and sintered mass.
  3. Read the power split across excavation, sintering, helium-3, and ISRU as a bar breakdown.
  4. Check total system mass, power utilisation, and total annual economic value.

How it works

Each product stream draws a characteristic share of power and yields a characteristic output per tonne processed. The hub sums those into total power draw and total mass, then values the combined output annually so you can compare a diversified operation against a single-product one.

The key insight it surfaces is balance: sintering for construction, oxygen and propellant for logistics, and helium-3 for export each compete for the same solar field, and the most valuable base is usually the one that shares power across all of them rather than maximising any single stream.

Worked example

Running excavation, sintering, oxygen, propellant, and a helium-3 module together shows total economic value per year alongside the power each consumes — making clear that construction and propellant, not helium-3, usually anchor the near-term case while helium-3 rides along on shared infrastructure.

Frequently asked questions

What does this add over the single-product tools?

It shows the shared-power trade-off across all streams at once, which single tools can't.

Which output is most valuable?

Usually oxygen/propellant and construction material near-term; helium-3 is a long-shot export.

How is total value computed?

Each stream's output is multiplied by an adjustable value and summed annually.

Engineering-grade?

No — transparent first-order planning estimates.

Languages and offline?

25 languages, runs in your browser.

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