John Raoux November 17, 2022 Artemis 1 is off – and we’re a step closer to using Moon dirt for construction in space Matthew Shaw, Swinburne University of Technology 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.
Shutterstock May 15, 2022 Humans have big plans for mining in space – but there are many things holding us back Michael Dello-Iacovo, UNSW Sydney and Serkan Saydam, UNSW Sydney There’s a lot of technological progress required before off-Earth mining operations can be considered feasible.
NASA October 26, 2020 Cool discovery: new studies confirm Moon has icy poles Andrew Dempster, UNSW Sydney 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’.