July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
..., extensive exploration efforts. As the previous NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine often said, “This time, when we go to the Moon, we’re actually going to stay.” It became clear that these novel operations would raise equally novel questions of law...
20 January 2020
ESA facility begins producing oxygen out of simulated moon dust
... - material that could be used in other applications on the Moon. “Could they be 3D printed directly, for example, or would...The precise combination of metals will depend on where on the Moon the regolith is acquired from – there would be significant ...
June 2015
Lunar Mission One: crowdfunding endeavour and drilling on the Moon
... global participation. At that moment, Lunar Mission One was born. The Moon is, in many ways, the perfect place to store what will effectively ... also investigate the suitability for astronomy from the Moon. Space exploration has of course led to many...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... permissible under the Outer Space Treaty than efforts to establish national or private colonies on the Moon or to undertake mining operations on the Moon. Up to three times more consumer demand for products and energy will be present by the middle...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... five teams currently taking part in the Google Lunar XPRIZE. Their rover is expected to be launched towards the Moon by the end of 2017. These 3D simulations will bring us closer to the development of a 10 to 20 kg class rover prototype. Field tests...
18 September 2020
NASA chiefs hint that Artemis will land at Apollo site, not lunar poles
.... Locked away in some of the permanently shadowed craters on the Moon, scientists think that large quantities of water, either in ice or... polar regions is more difficult than landing near the Moon’s equator. And landing at the poles would also require...
