Mining Plans For The Moon
Extracting resources from the moon plays an important part in the US Congress- endorsed vision for space exploration.
The powdery lunar surface and the fact that the moon has only a sixth of the earth’s gravity “makes it ideal for cheap mining and mineral processing”.
The minerals present on the moon include anorthite, which is similar to the mineral bauxite, from which aluminium is produced on earth. Read more
May 12th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Started to watch “spaceship orion”. Impressive and amazing show, BUT, you are drowning out part of the dialog with the superimposed drumming, frantic “music” I turned it OFF.
Listen to it, yourself.