Space mining company developing nuclear reactor and more for moon projects
NASA astronaut Drew Feustel just joined to map its strategy. #spacecraft #spaceexploration #spacemining #nasa #science #technology #moon #lunar #space
https://www.space.com/space-mining-company-moon-projects-drew-feustel
Wow! i wonder what they would find? would it be that different from earth to be worth it?
Side question though: lets say that one day we have a colony on the moon. what exactly happens to humans who were born and raised on the moon? are their bodies gonna be all like all screwed up? i am assuming that one day all this tech is gonna be put into a moon base.
sorry if this is a little off topic but I have always wondered what happens in that scenario haha š
i wonder what they would find? would it be that different from earth to be worth it?
Iām a pessimist about Lunar mining, so Iām not the best person to answer this. I think water ice will be the most useful for crewed bases and converting to propellant. Iām not aware of anything on the moon that makes financial sense to mine then bring back to Earth. Theoretically, some expensive metals might make sense, but they havenāt been found yet.
Blue Originās āBlue Alchemistā program is an ISRU (in-situ resource utilization) demo thatās supposed to rove around, sift through massive amounts of regolith, and collect and heat it to thousands of degrees to split out the ingredients for solar panels. Itās cool that itās possible, but the amount of ground they have to cover for tiny amounts of ingredients makes it not seem worthwhile at all to me.
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