| Affordable, rapid bootstrapping of the space industry and solar system civilization PT Metzger, A Muscatello, RP Mueller, J Mantovani Journal of Aerospace Engineering 26 (1), 18-29, 2013 | 138 | 2013 |
| Asteroid redirect mission concept: a bold approach for utilizing space resources DD Mazanek, RG Merrill, JR Brophy, RP Mueller Acta Astronautica 117, 163-171, 2015 | 100 | 2015 |
| Automated additive construction (AAC) for earth and space using in situ resources RP Mueller, S Howe, D Kochmann, H Ali, C Andersen, H Burgoyne, ... 15th Biennial ASCE Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and …, 2016 | 90 | 2016 |
| Regolith advanced surface systems operations robot (RASSOR) RP Mueller, RE Cox, T Ebert, JD Smith, JM Schuler, AJ Nick 2013 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-12, 2013 | 89 | 2013 |
| The world is not enough (WINE): Harvesting local resources for eternal exploration of space K Zacny, P Metzger, K Luczek, J Mantovani, RP Mueller, J Spring Aiaa Space 2016, 5279, 2016 | 78 | 2016 |
| Self vacuum storage bag WP Strong, RP Mueller US Patent 5,839,582, 1998 | 73 | 1998 |
| Trade study of excavation tools and equipment for lunar outpost development and ISRU RP Mueller, RH King AIP conference proceedings 969 (1), 237-244, 2008 | 56 | 2008 |
| Additive construction using basalt regolith fines RP Mueller, L Sibille, PE Hintze, TC Lippitt, JG Mantovani, MW Nugent, ... Earth and Space 2014, 394-403, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
| Novel approaches to drilling and excavation on the moon K Zacny, R Mueller, G Galloway, J Craft, G Mungas, M Hedlund, P Chu, ... AIAA SPACE 2009 Conference & Exposition, 6431, 2009 | 40 | 2009 |
| Asteroids: Anchoring and Sample Acquisition Approaches in Support of Science, Exploration, and In situ Resource Utilization K Zacny, P Chu, G Paulsen, M Hedlund, B Mellerowicz, S Indyk, J Spring, ... Asteroids: Prospective Energy and Material Resources, 287-343, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| A review of lunar regolith excavation robotic device prototypes R Mueller, P Van Susante AIAA Space 2011 Conference & Exposition, 7234, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| A review of extra-terrestrial mining robot concepts RP Mueller, PJ Van Susante Earth and Space 2012: Engineering, Science, Construction, and Operations in …, 2012 | 31 | 2012 |
| NASA technology roadmaps: TA 4: Robotics and autonomous systems R Ambrose, IAD Nesnas, F Chandler, BD Allen, T Fong, L Matthies, ... NASA, Washington DC 18, 2015 | 29 | 2015 |
| Measuring the fidelity of asteroid regolith and cobble simulants PT Metzger, DT Britt, S Covey, C Schultz, KM Cannon, KD Grossman, ... Icarus 321, 632-646, 2019 | 28 | 2019 |
| Design of an excavation robot: regolith advanced surface systems operations robot (RASSOR) 2.0 RP Mueller, JD Smith, JM Schuler, AJ Nick, NJ Gelino, KW Leucht, ... 15th Biennial ASCE Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and …, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| Planetary basalt field project: Construction of a lunar launch/landing pad, PISCES and NASA Kennedy space center project update RM Kelso, R Romo, C Andersen, RP Mueller, T Lippitt, NJ Gelino, ... 15th Biennial ASCE Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction, and …, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
| Investigating the effects of percussion on excavation forces A Green, K Zacny, J Pestana, D Lieu, R Mueller Journal of Aerospace Engineering 26 (1), 87-96, 2013 | 26 | 2013 |
| Lightweight bulldozer attachment for construction and excavation on the lunar surface R Mueller, J Schuler, A Nick, A Wilkinson, C Gallo, R King AIAA SPACE 2009 conference & exposition, 6466, 2009 | 25 | 2009 |
| NASA centennial challenge: three dimensional (3D) printed habitat, phase 3 RP Mueller, TJ Prater, M Roman, JE Edmunson, MR Fiske, P Carrato 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 2019 | 24 | 2019 |
| Additive construction with mobile emplacement (ACME) RP Mueller, JC Fikes, MP Case, B Khoshnevis, MR Fiske, JE Edmunson, ... International Astronautical Federation (IAF), 2017 | 23 | 2017 |
