NASA challenges companies to mine lunar soil – spaceflight now – Aviation Analysis Wing

Credit: NASA / Aubrey Geminani
NASA announced Thursday that it plans to purchase lunar soil from a trading company, and the lead agency official said it is an attempt to set a precedent for transferring ownership of exotic materials and stimulate markets to harvest resources from corpses throughout the solar system. .
The initiative started small, but NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstein said Thursday that the companies will be able to extract water ice, precious metals and other resources from …

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