Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Europe explores possibility of 2025 lunar mining mission

The lunar mining would support missions like the conceptual 3D-printed Moon base

ESA has indicated it's interested in mining the Moon by 2025. To help achieve this, the space agency has awarded a one-year contract to ArianeGroup to look into the feasibility of sending a mission to the lunar surface to mine lunar soil or regolith, which could be a source of water and oxygen to support a manned outpost, as well as a source of fuel for deep space missions.

.. Continue Reading Europe explores possibility of 2025 lunar mining mission

Category: Space

Tags:

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2FUUyLn

No comments:

Post a Comment