EXPLORATION

Moon mining soon to be a reality

By 2030, the industrial scale production of LO2/LH2 or, to the layman, rocket fuel created from hydrolysed water found on the Moon, could be a reality, according to Dr George Sowers from the Colorado School of Mines (CSM)

Dr George Sowers makes his case for mining the moon at the SME 2019 conference

Dr George Sowers makes his case for mining the moon at the SME 2019 conference

CSM is the first educational institute globally to offer a dedicated space mining programme - the university offers undergraduate degrees all the way up to PhDs. Speaking at the SME Conference and Expo...

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