China wants to build a lunar base with international partners, just as the US does.
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We know going back to the Moon is expensive. Here’s how we could use metals extracted from Moon dirt to save millions of dollars.
There’s a lot of technological progress required before off-Earth mining operations can be considered feasible.
Researchers have long suspected there’s water - or ice, to be precise - on the Moon. New research now confirms it, and suggests it lurks in sun-starved nooks and crannies called ‘cold traps’.
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
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Casual academic, UNSW
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Director of the Space Economy Evolution Lab, Bocconi University
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PhD Candidate - Astrometallurgy, Swinburne University of Technology
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Off Earth Mining, Future Mining, Mining Systems, UNSW