April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... on the archaeology and heritage of space exploration, including space junk, planetary landing sites and off-Earth mining. In collaboration with NASA and Chapman University, she is conducting the first archaeological study of the International Space...
May 2019
Growing Australia’s space industry
...will include technologies to support space exploration - such as remote asset management using robotics, where some of our mining companies are already exploring opportunities. We also have businesses developing new rocket propulsion technologies and...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
.... To make space industry profitable, cheap energy will be required to power the extraction of raw materials from mining sites, as well as to drive the manufacturing facilities that will produce goods from those resources. Materials processing...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... million through the next decade. In the post-pandemic world, the current shift to remote and automated mining is only expected to accelerate. Data downlink: EO building steam A ‘cloudification’ of the satellite value chain is underway, and major...
February 2023
The scientific basis for lunar helium-3 production
... the creation of life support systems for space flights, permanent settlements on the planets and methods for mining minerals there. About the authors Vyacheslav A Bobin is a Chief Researcher at the Academician N Melnikov Institute of Mineral Wealth...
April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
... to exist near the surface at high Martian latitudes. Even so, a first mission is unlikely to be in a position to prospect for and mine underground water. Here, NASA has come to the rescue. The Perseverance Mars rover is exploring an ancient river...
