The hype is out of this world, but mining in space won't save the Earth
- Written by: Juliana Segura-Salazar, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
Planetary ResourcesWe know the world must move to cleaner energy sources to head off the worst effects of climate change, but the technology required for the transition is very mineral-intensive. So where will all these resources come from?
Many in the space industry are pointing beyond Earth. Asteroids and the Moon are thought to contain abundant...
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