{"id":8267,"date":"2019-03-15T11:09:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T15:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=8267"},"modified":"2019-03-15T11:09:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T15:09:30","slug":"mining-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=8267","title":{"rendered":"Mining the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A rendering of a possible lunar habitat, featuring elements printed in 3D with lunar soil.European Space Agency\/Foster + Partners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Artist\u2019s impression of what lunar in-situ resource utilization might look like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Before we colonize the Moon, we must learn to mine there<\/h1>\n
By Paul K. Byrne<\/a>, North Carolina State University<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 Published: Tuesday, March 05, 2019<\/div>\n
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If you were transported to the Moon this very instant, you would surely and rapidly die. That\u2019s because there\u2019s no atmosphere, the surface temperature varies from a roasting 130 degrees Celsius (266 F) to a bone-chilling minus 170 C (minus 274 F). If the lack of air or horrific heat or cold don\u2019t kill you then micrometeorite bombardment or solar radiation will. By all accounts, the Moon is not a hospitable place to be.<\/p>\n

Yet if human beings are to explore the Moon and, potentially, live there one day, we\u2019ll need to learn how to deal with these challenging environmental conditions. We\u2019ll need habitats<\/a>, air, food and energy, as well as fuel to power rockets back to Earth and possibly other destinations. That means we\u2019ll need resources to meet these requirements. We can either bring them with us from Earth \u2013 an expensive proposition \u2013 or we\u2019ll need to take advantage of resources on the Moon itself. And that\u2019s where the idea of \u201cin-situ resource utilization<\/a>,\u201d or ISRU, comes in.<\/p>\n

Underpinning efforts to use lunar materials is the desire to establish either temporary or even permanent human settlements on the Moon \u2013 and there are numerous benefits to doing so. For example, lunar bases or colonies could provide invaluable training and preparation for missions to farther flung destinations, including Mars<\/a>. Developing and utilizing lunar resources will likely lead to a vast number of innovative and exotic technologies that could be useful on Earth<\/a>, as has been the case with the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

As a planetary geologist<\/a>, I\u2019m fascinated by how other worlds came to be, and what lessons we can learn about the formation and evolution of our own planet. And because one day I hope to actually visit the Moon in person, I\u2019m particularly interested in how we can use the resources there to make human exploration of the solar system as economical as possible.<\/div>\n

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