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Mining the Moon

posted by martyb on Saturday November 29 2014, @11:24PM   
from the paging-Mannie-and-Mike dept.

tonyPick writes:

The Conversation has an article on the case for mining the moon:

We need to think of a hierarchy of future applications. This begins with the use of lunar materials to facilitate human activities on the Moon itself. We can then progress to the use of lunar resources to underpin a future industrial capability within the Earth-Moon system. In this way, gradually increasing access to lunar resources may help “bootstrap” a self-sustaining space-based economy from which the global economy will ultimately benefit.

This article is by Ian Crawford, Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology at Birkbeck, University of London, and summarises a more detailed paper review of Lunar resources (preprint version available), by the same author published in Progress in Physical Geography.

• Re:not much useful in list (Score: 2) by dry on Monday December 01 2014, @02:01AM

  by dry (223) on Monday December 01 2014, @02:01AM (#121377) Journal

  Don't forget putting a corporate symbol on the Moon. How much would Coca-Cola pay? How much much would Pepsi pay to stop Coca-Cola?

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