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The authors' model posits that space mining would become more attractive under several conditions: when environmental regulations increase the cost of terrestrial mining, when research and development improves the efficiency of space mining technology, and when higher-grade mineral deposits become available in space compared to Earth. The paper ...
Badr-1 (Urdu: بدر-۱, meaning Full Moon-A) was the first artificial and the first digital communications satellite launched by Pakistan's national space authority — the SUPARCO — in 1990. [1]
Lunar materials could facilitate continued exploration of the Moon, facilitate scientific and economic activity in the vicinity of both Earth and Moon (so-called cislunar space), or they could be imported to the Earth's surface where they would contribute directly to the global economy. [1]
Planetary Resources, Inc., formerly known as Arkyd Astronautics, was an American company that was formed on 1 January 2009, [1] [2] and reorganized and renamed in 2012. Its stated goal was to "expand Earth's natural resource base" [3] by developing and deploying the technologies for asteroid mining.
Pages in category "Mining in space" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Asteroid mining;
Lunar sample 15415, also known as the "Genesis Rock"Extraterrestrial material refers to natural objects now on Earth that originated in outer space. Such materials include cosmic dust and meteorites, as well as samples brought to Earth by sample return missions from the Moon, asteroids and comets, as well as solar wind particles.
Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and Planets, is a 1997 book by University of Arizona Planetary Sciences professor emeritus John S. Lewis that describes possible routes for accessing extraterrestrial resources, either for use on Earth or for enabling space colonization. [1]
Space manufacturing or In-space manufacturing (ISM in short) is the fabrication, assembly or integration of tangible goods beyond Earth's atmosphere (or more generally, outside a planetary atmosphere), involving the transformation of raw or recycled materials into components, products, or infrastructure in space, [3] where the manufacturing ...