October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... surface, a spacesuit allows astronauts to carry out the operations required, such as constructing lunar settlements, mineral prospecting, setting up communications and navigation aids, assembling engineering units for drawing water and oxygen from...
13 July 2015
ISS Conference: 2024 plans, LEO development & how CASIS manages risk aversion
BOSTON – Leaders of the American space industry gathered last week to discuss prospects for the International Space Station, including in commercialization and education. These issues converged with a concern about ...
03 February 2016
Luxembourg announces plan to mine asteroids
... is probably suffice to say it could easily run in to tens of billions of dollars, however this alone should not be a daunting prospect as “at the end there could be a market worth trillions,” said Mr Dordain. The subject of space mining will be the...
01 August 2023
Report predicts continued growth of smallsat market
... cost efficiencies of mega-constellations, leaving significant opportunities for other market participants. Euroconsult's latest 'Prospects for the Small Satellite Market' market intelligence report, now in its 9th edition, anticipates that...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
... work is oriented towards the design of the mechanics and the development of traction control algorithms for a lunar prospecting rover intended for the exploration and characterisation of the lunar south polar region. Due to limited illumination...
April 2018
Developing Mars
...and goods. Rare-metal mines - California Gold Rush Mars mining prospects are speculative, but commercial ore is to be expected As a...maps [9]. A lander would target the richest martian survey prospect, performing a physical assay of the ore and staking...
