Humans have big plans for space mining, but it’s not gonna be easy

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Both researchers and industry, with hopes of one day mining them to support a space economy.

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But setting up any kind of off-Earth mining industry will be no small feat

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we wanted to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon

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we would need to resupply astronauts living there. Resources such as water can only be recycled to an extent

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At the same time, resources are extremely expensive to launch from Earth. As of 2018,

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it cost about A$3,645 to launch one kilogram of material into low Earth orbit, and more to launch it

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Mining in space could also transform satellite managemen

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the energy required to reach them from the Moon is less than that needed to reach them from Earth

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