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Mining

Grand ideas of extraterrestrial colonisation are hardly new. In the 1940s, the nascent Space Age set in motion calls for a new wave of colonisation – directed outwards into space. from www.shutterstock.com

The solar system belongs to us all, not just Jeff Bezos

December 20, 2021
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| Colonisation, Mining, Space Treaties

By Alan Marshall, Published by The Conversation, 13 December 2021 Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon Inc and the richest man on Earth, has just launched the third mission of his space tourism business, NS-19. His space company, Blue Origin, sent four more multimillionaire customers into space along with two “space

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Rolls-Royce plans to mine on the moon

Rolls-Royce’s nuclear plan to mine on the Moon: New space race for vital resources – and a launch pad to Mars

September 18, 2021
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| Mining, Nukes in Space, UK, Uncategorized

By Alex Lawson, Published by This is Money, 18 September 2021 Rolls-Royce is developing a nuclear reactor that it hopes will be capable of powering mining operations on the Moon and even Mars, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.  Dave Gordon, head of the company's defence division, said it is

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UK Space industry to benefit from new £1.5 million fund for pioneering space tech

July 30, 2021
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| Mining, News, Nukes in Space, Space Strategy, Spending, UK

From UK Space Agency, Published by UK Government, 30 July 2021 UK Space Agency has announced new funding to support ambitious plans for the exploration of space. Proposals could include ideas such as the utilisation of resources beyond Earth’s atmosphere, the use of nuclear power in space or the exploration

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Climate change report: Jeff Bezos & the new wild west show

July 21, 2021
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| Blue Origin, Environmental Effects, Mining, Space Treaties

By Bruce Gagnon, Posted in Organizing Notes, 21 July 2021 Jeff Bezos (the richest man in the world) successfully took his new wild west rodeo show to the edge of space and once returning to Mother Earth had the audacity to lecture us earthlings on a few things. Yahoo news

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Is outer space becoming the new wild west?

February 18, 2021
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Published in TRT World, 18 February 2021 A growing number of countries and private companies are developing and expanding their space programs. What does it mean to have so many new actors with extraterrestrial ambitions? The UAE’s Hope mission returned its first photo of Mars this week, a beautiful high-resolution

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