“Moon BRICCSS: Moon Blocks using Regolith ISRU for Corbelled Construction of Sustainable Shielding.” L. McKinney, P. B. Patel, D. Massimino, A. Thomas, J. Salazar, M. Klimenka, G. Lordos, C. Paige, S. Tibbits, D. Newman. IEEE Aerospace 2025.

“Plasma-based CO₂ Conversion for Mars ISRU.” L. McKinney. Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024.

"A Numerical Model for Plasma Reactor Design: Application to CO2 Conversion for Mars In-Situ Resource Utilization." L. McKinney, T. Silva, V. Guerra, and C. Guerra-Garcia. AIAA SCITECH 2024.

“MARTEMIS: Mars Architecture Research using Taguchi Experiments on the Moon with International Solidarity.” L. McKinney, P.B. Patel, M. Johnson, et al. International Astronautical Congress 2024, IAC–24–B3.8.10x84235.

“Plasma Chemical Conversion and Resource Generation Beyond Low-Earth Orbit.” L. McKinney, R. Pitts, K. Engeling, & C. Guerra-Garcia. 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024, IAC–24–D3.IP.18x84293.

“Leveraging Economies of Scale and Gains from Specialization for Robust Crewed Mars Architectures.” G. Lordos, M. Hoying, L. McKinney, O. de Weck, and J. A. Hoffman. IEEE Aerospace 2024.

"Pale Red Dot: a Large, Robust Architecture for Human Settlements on Mars." V. M. O'Leary, G. Lordos, M. Hoying, Y. AlSadah, L. Arias, I. Arzuaga Garcia, H Azzouz, J. Beilstein, W. L. Chan, E. Eyre, D. Gleason, M. Ikinci, D. Krishnan, Y. Lin, E. Martin, L. McKinney, D. Miller, C. O'Neill, O. Orozco, P. Patel, E. Romero, F. Sepulveda, D. Villegas, A. N. Webb, K. Latyshev, C. Gentgen, A. Lordos, O. De Weck and J. A. Hoffman. AIAA ASCEND 2023.