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Bacteria could mine metals in space – Somag News
If the gigantic structures for excavating extraterrestrial soil are still science fiction scenarios, space mining is already a reality in
If the gigantic structures for excavating extraterrestrial soil are still science fiction scenarios, space mining is already a reality in small matchbox-sized structures aboard the International Space Station (ISS) – and the miners are obviously not. humans but rather bacteria.
The 18 prototypes for the so-called biomineration took to space in July last year. The RioRock project, by astrobiologists at the University of Edinburgh, in the United Kingdom, aimed to reveal how low gravity affects the…
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