RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116165844472175049
#Astrolab is developing a larger rover that can accommodate about 3 cubic meters of payload. The excavating equipment would go under the belly of the rover. It is likely that a #FLEX rover will be on the first #SpaceX #Starship mission planned to fly to the Moon 🌙 in 2027 or 2028
So what? So, #ElonMusk (amongst others) have talked about colonising Mars, but not once has this subject come up. Neither has any thought been put into the sustainability of the endeavour, into #ISRU technologies or the fact light lag complicates communications.
In other words, he hasn’t seriously thought about it, but he’ll say whatever if it gets him investors and US government contracts.
The #ZEUS #SBSP #satellite constellation is designed to harness #solar ☀️ power and transmit it wirelessly to the lunar base. It will enable the continuous operation of #ISRU facilities at the lunar🌙 South Pole https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009457652500270X
#wireless #power #transfer #IRS #SpaceSystems #University #Stuttgart
Extracting lunar water ice 🧊 profitably requires deploying at least 20 tons of mining equipment to the surface. Even with #SpaceX’s #Starship potentially dropping costs to $10 million per ton, you’re looking at $200 million just for equipment delivery.
The future of lunar mining ⚒️ : remote operators control trucks, #AI optimizes drill patterns. #Robotic systems handle materials in environments humans rarely enter https://spacenews.com/the-lunar-mining-gold-rush-is-coming-and-success-requires-bridging-two-worlds
#SpaceDebris recycling ♻️ to supply raw materials for construction on the #Moon 🌙 https://nebula.esa.int/content/analysis-space-debris-recycling-potential-supply-raw-materials-construction-moon
The lunar mining gold rush is coming – and success requires bridging two worlds
Utilize the ISS as a resource: a common sense, fiscally responsible plan leveraging the International Space Station
The #European 🇪🇺 Commission's Vision for the European #SpaceEconomy includes #SpaceMining ⚒️ and in-space resource use https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/vision-european-space-economy_en
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