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NASA challenges businesses to mine lunar soil-Spaceflight Now – haveeruonline
Credit: NASA/Aubrey GemignaniNASA announced Thursday that it plans to purchase lunar soil from a commercial company, and the agency’s chief official said
Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
NASA announced Thursday that it plans to purchase lunar soil from a commercial company, and the agency’s chief official said it was an effort to set a precedent for the transfer of ownership of alien material and stimulate markets to harvest resources from corpses throughout the solar system. .
The initiative started small, but NASA manager Jim Bridenstine said Thursday that companies will be able to mine water ice, precious metals and other resources from the lun…
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