Water from near-Earth asteroids can favor space mining.
Water from near-Earth asteroids can promote space mining. Scientists looking to start mining various elements on the Moon as early as 2025 could turn their attention to other celestial bodies soon, as a new study suggests that there are around 1.000 asteroids closer to our planet than the lunar surface and large Quantities of [...]
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Rare earth mining on the moon is possible
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine believes that the extraction of rare earth metals from the surface of the moon will be possible "this century". Rare metals have tremendous uses on earth. They are used in batteries for electric cars, cell phones, military equipment, and fluorescent tubes. In the last twenty years the demand for these rare earths has exploded amid the increasing demand [...]
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