Tiptoeing back to the Moon
Mon, 21 May 2012 09:38:56 -0700
While attention in recent weeks on commercial space activities has been focused on ventures like Planetary Resources and SpaceX, teams competing in the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition make slow but steady progress. Jeff Foust report on how teams will have to deal with one complication for their lunar exploration plans: taking care not to disturb historic lunar landing sites.
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Planetary Resources believes asteroid mining has come of age
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:54:25 -0700
Long relegated to science fiction and the dreams of space enthusiasts, the concept of asteroid mining took a big step forward last week when startup company Planetary Resources announced its intent to extract water ice and other resources from near Earth asteroids. Jeff Foust reports on the company's plans and the obstacles it faces.
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