February 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
...which is ill-equipped to effectively pick winners and losers in space mining. It will be fascinating to see how Luxembourg responds to the... IX issues that must be tackled before actual mining operations can commence? Some government, somewhere, will...
19 December 2016
JAXA signs an agreement for the development and creation of a lunar mining industry
... Agency has signed a new agreement with ispace.inc, a robotic-exploration company in a first step towards developing a mining industry on the Moon. The collaboration between Jaxa and ispace.inc, was sealed with a a Memorandum of Understanding...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... satellite can be ‘manufactured’ via 3D printing greatly reduces its manufacturing cost. One characteristic of the new space mining companies is that they have typically recruited partners to help them develop these new types of technology. They...
28 September 2016
Yorkshire mines to help shed light on life on Mars
...where best to look but deep underground in Yorkshire, England. The mines in Boulby, Yorkshire which stretch a kilometre down and out under...and deep underground science projects. Past projects at the mine have ranged from the search for Dark Matter in ...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
...interested in space resources are being established in the US and Luxembourg, and rapid progress is being made. In conclusion, mining lunar ice for propellant is technically feasible, can lead to favourable business returns and is legal for companies...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... this finally addressed the question regarding ownership rights on resources? Time for change Bearing in mind that mining companies are already beginning to invest in programmes for future space resources extraction new legislation is long overdue...
