Friday 28 November 2014

Off-Earth mining: The challenge of turning asteroids into “gas stations in space”

Off-Earth mining: The challenge of turning asteroids into “gas stations in space”


Some asteroids contain water, in the form of ice, other frozen gases and metals. If mined, the raw materials on these asteroids could provide the air, water, fuel and other consumables required to support permanent settlements in space. Asteroids could become ‘gas stations in space’ where, according to Rick Tumlinson, of Deep Space Industries, whose company plans to analyse then mine asteroids, “you can get air and propellants”.

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