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Mining

Artistic concept of asteroid 16 Psyche. Credit: Maxar/ASU/P.Rubin/NASA/JPL-Caltech.

An asteroid valued at 10 trillion dollars is about to be reached by NASA

September 9, 2023
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| Mining, NASA

Artistic concept of asteroid 16 Psyche. Credit: Maxar/ASU/P.Rubin/NASA/JPL-Caltech. By Zeus Valtierra, Published by Meteored, 9 September 2023 Psyche was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on March 17, 1852. He named the asteroid in honor of Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul who was born mortal and

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Space mining company developing nuclear reactor and more for moon projects

August 16, 2023
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| Artemis, ISS, Mining, Moon missions

By Elizabeth Howell, Published by Space.com, 16 August 2023 NASA astronaut Drew Feustel just joined to map its strategy. Our small steps back to the moon today could build a rich new industry. There's lots of buzz about mining the moon. Satellites have spotted water at the lunar south pole.

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Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy

July 30, 2023
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| Artemis, Mars missions, Mining, Moon missions

NASA has awarded funds to Austin, Texas-based ICON, to develop construction technologies that could help build landing pads, habitats, and roads on the Moon using local lunar resources. (Image credit: ICON/BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group) By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 30 July 2023 "This is now becoming so real." GOLDEN, Colorado

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These Crypto Companies Want to ‘Commoditize’ the Moon

March 27, 2023
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| Mining, Moon missions, Space Tourism

Space Outpost’s MAPP lunar rover is scheduled to go to space in November of this year as a payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Image: Lunar Outpost By Kyle Barr, Published by Gizmodo, 27 March 2023 Lunar Outpost will engrave a crypto wallet passcode on its MAPP Lunar Rover

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A solution to the climate crisis: mining the moon, researchers say

February 8, 2023
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By Oliver Milman, Published by The Guardian, 8 February 2023 Astrophysicists propose geoengineering solution to climate warming, although skeptics still urge ‘massive’ fossil fuel cutbacks Proponents of a “moonshot” idea to deal with global heating have been handed a new, very literal, interpretation by researchers who have proposed firing plumes

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Geopolitics’ New Frontier in Space

January 23, 2023
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| China, Mining, Space Rules, Space Treaties

By Scott Ritter, Published by Energy Intelligence, 23 January 2023 A recent statement by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) head Bill Nelson that the US was in a space race with China, when combined with recent moves by both the US and China to militarize space, could send the

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Space mining startups see a rich future on asteroids and the moon

January 7, 2023
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An artist's conception of a mining settlement on the double asteroid 90 Antiope, located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. (Image credit: Stocktrek Images/Getty Images) By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 7 January 2023 "Nobody wants to think about a future in which humans

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Could We Use Mars as a Base for Asteroid Mining?

June 21, 2022
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By Evan Gough, Published by Universe Today, 21 June 2022 The earliest mention of asteroid mining might be in a story from 1898 titled “Edison’s Conquest of Mars,” by Garrett Serviss. In that story, Martians attack Earth, killing tens of thousands and destroying New York City. Earth retaliates and sends

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