#moonmining — Public Fediverse posts

According to the company’s plans, multiple lunar missions are scheduled this decade, backed by #contracts with #US #government agencies. In addition to #Helium3 Interlune intends to extract #RareEarths, industrial #metals, & #water from the #Moon, laying the foundation for a long-term in-#space economy.

#MoonMining #tech #law #business #QuantumComputing

…#Interlune is one of the 1st companies aiming to #commercialize #Helium3 resources from the #Moon. Its #harvesting #technology is described as lighter, smaller, & more energy-efficient than rival concepts, cutting costs for both transportation & lunar operation. The company is also developing Earth-based systems to separate helium-3 from terrestrial gas supplies, which it says will provide an interim source before full lunar operations begin.

#MoonMining #tech #law #business #QuantumComputing

The agreement marks one of the first commercial commitments to secure #Helium3 a scarce isotope on Earth but present in significant quantities on the #Moon. According to Interlune, helium-3 was deposited on the lunar surface by the solar wind & first identified in Apollo-era samples. The #UK government release on the deal described helium-3 as a critical material for #quantum #computers & one of the most valuable substances that can be transported from #space.

#MoonMining #tech #law

#Bluefors, the world’s leading maker of #cryogenic cooling systems for #quantum #technology, has signed an agreement to purchase up to 10,000 liters of #Helium3 annually from #Interlune, a #US company developing #space-based resource extraction. The deliveries are scheduled from 2028 through 2037, according to an Interlune news release.

#Moon #MoonMining #tech #law #business #QuantumComputing
https://www.interlune.space/press-release/bluefors-to-source-helium-3-from-the-moon-with-interlune-to-power-next-phase-of-quantum-industry-growth

#Bluefors, the world’s leading maker of #cryogenic cooling systems for #quantum #technology, has signed an agreement to purchase up to 10,000 liters of #Helium3 annually from #Interlune, a #US company developing #space-based resource extraction. The deliveries are scheduled from 2028 through 2037, according to an Interlune news release.

#Moon #MoonMining #tech #law #business #QuantumComputing
https://www.interlune.space/press-release/bluefors-to-source-helium-3-from-the-moon-with-interlune-to-power-next-phase-of-quantum-industry-growth

#Bluefors, the world’s leading maker of #cryogenic cooling systems for #quantum #technology, has signed an agreement to purchase up to 10,000 liters of #Helium3 annually from #Interlune, a #US company developing #space-based resource extraction. The deliveries are scheduled from 2028 through 2037, according to an Interlune news release.

#Moon #MoonMining #tech #law #business #QuantumComputing
https://www.interlune.space/press-release/bluefors-to-source-helium-3-from-the-moon-with-interlune-to-power-next-phase-of-quantum-industry-growth

#Bluefors, the world’s leading maker of #cryogenic cooling systems for #quantum #technology, has signed an agreement to purchase up to 10,000 liters of #Helium3 annually from #Interlune, a #US company developing #space-based resource extraction. The deliveries are scheduled from 2028 through 2037, according to an Interlune news release.

#Moon #MoonMining #tech #law #business #QuantumComputing
https://www.interlune.space/press-release/bluefors-to-source-helium-3-from-the-moon-with-interlune-to-power-next-phase-of-quantum-industry-growth

#Bluefors, the world’s leading maker of #cryogenic cooling systems for #quantum #technology, has signed an agreement to purchase up to 10,000 liters of #Helium3 annually from #Interlune, a #US company developing #space-based resource extraction. The deliveries are scheduled from 2028 through 2037, according to an Interlune news release.

#Moon #MoonMining #tech #law #business #QuantumComputing
https://www.interlune.space/press-release/bluefors-to-source-helium-3-from-the-moon-with-interlune-to-power-next-phase-of-quantum-industry-growth

Moon mining is getting closer to reality: Why we need global rules for extracting space resources
#MoonMining #SpaceLaw #OuterSpaceTreaty #Space #SpaceResources #LunarRegolith #InternationalLaw #SpaceExploration #Helium3 #SpaceRace #UNSpaceLaw
https://the-14.com/moon-mining-is-getting-closer-to-reality-why-we-need-global-rules-for-extracting-space-resources/

Moon mining is getting closer to reality: Why we need global rules for extracting space resources
#MoonMining #SpaceLaw #OuterSpaceTreaty #Space #SpaceResources #LunarRegolith #InternationalLaw #SpaceExploration #Helium3 #SpaceRace #UNSpaceLaw
https://the-14.com/moon-mining-is-getting-closer-to-reality-why-we-need-global-rules-for-extracting-space-resources/

Moon mining is getting closer to reality: Why we need global rules for extracting space resources
#MoonMining #SpaceLaw #OuterSpaceTreaty #Space #SpaceResources #LunarRegolith #InternationalLaw #SpaceExploration #Helium3 #SpaceRace #UNSpaceLaw
https://the-14.com/moon-mining-is-getting-closer-to-reality-why-we-need-global-rules-for-extracting-space-resources/

Moon mining is getting closer to reality: Why we need global rules for extracting space resources
#MoonMining #SpaceLaw #OuterSpaceTreaty #Space #SpaceResources #LunarRegolith #InternationalLaw #SpaceExploration #Helium3 #SpaceRace #UNSpaceLaw
https://the-14.com/moon-mining-is-getting-closer-to-reality-why-we-need-global-rules-for-extracting-space-resources/

Moon mining is getting closer to reality: Why we need global rules for extracting space resources
#MoonMining #SpaceLaw #OuterSpaceTreaty #Space #SpaceResources #LunarRegolith #InternationalLaw #SpaceExploration #Helium3 #SpaceRace #UNSpaceLaw
https://the-14.com/moon-mining-is-getting-closer-to-reality-why-we-need-global-rules-for-extracting-space-resources/

NASA's RASSOR Robot Successfully Tests the Future of Moon Mining
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/06/nasas-rassor-robot-successfully-tests.html
#NASA #rassorrobot #nasarassorrobot #Robot #moonmining #space #moon

NASA's RASSOR Robot Successfully Tests the Future of Moon Mining
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/06/nasas-rassor-robot-successfully-tests.html
#NASA #rassorrobot #nasarassorrobot #Robot #moonmining #space #moon

NASA's RASSOR Robot Successfully Tests the Future of Moon Mining
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/06/nasas-rassor-robot-successfully-tests.html
#NASA #rassorrobot #nasarassorrobot #Robot #moonmining #space #moon

NASA's RASSOR Robot Successfully Tests the Future of Moon Mining
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/06/nasas-rassor-robot-successfully-tests.html
#NASA #rassorrobot #nasarassorrobot #Robot #moonmining #space #moon

NASA's RASSOR Robot Successfully Tests the Future of Moon Mining
https://newstainmentora.blogspot.com/2025/06/nasas-rassor-robot-successfully-tests.html
#NASA #rassorrobot #nasarassorrobot #Robot #moonmining #space #moon

The #excavator will be in continuous operation and process 100 tons ⛰️ in one hour ⏱️ https://www.heise.de/en/news/Interlune-presents-excavator-for-helium-3-mining-on-the-moon-10398297.html

#MoonMining

The two instruments on the Lunar #Trailblazer spacecraft will work in tandem to generate high-resolution maps of the moon's 🌙 #water💧. It should take between four and seven months to arrive in its final orbit https://phys.org/news/2025-02-lunar-trailblazer-blasts-moon.html

#ISRU #MoonMining

Early next month, #IM2 is targeting a touchdown at 84.6° south latitude, just 160 km from the #Moon’s 🌙 south pole. It will deploy an #ice-mining drill 🕳️ and mass spectrometer, a miniaturized rover, and a unique “hopper” craft. Its first hop will reach a height of 20 m with two additional hops aiming to reach 50 m then 100 m. On its fourth and fifth hops, it will leap in and out of a permanently shadowed region inside a 20 m-deep #crater. https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/intuitive-machines-preps-im-2-mission-for-moon-launch-this-week

#ISRU #MoonMining

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

🇨🇳 #ChangE8 📆 2028 : “Through data sharing and task delegation, the #robots 🤖 will work together like a team, achieving objectives that would be impossible for independent robots to complete” https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296324/change-8-moon-mission-first-get-robotic-boost-chinas-private-sector

#SpaceRobot #MoonMining #ISRU

#NASA has contracts with four companies to gather a small amount of material from the lunar 🌙 surface—as a proof of concept to show that extraction is possible.
NASA doesn’t have a similar demonstration for mining ⚒️ #asteroids. But the space rock seekers nevertheless continue their quest for treasure. They believe Earth needs, and will pay handily for, what space 🌌 has to offer. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/in-the-race-for-space-metals-companies-hope-to-cash-in/

#AsteroidMining #MoonMining #SpaceMining

#SpaceAgencies and private companies are planning bases, scientific experiments and mining ⚒️ operations on the #moon 🌙. Whatever the #ArtemisAccords decide, Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 are not about to sign up.
A second effort at lunar governance is emerging at #Copuos*. Its new working group is mulling rules on the extraction of natural resources from celestial bodies https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/25/bases-experiments-mining-the-race-to-protect-the-surface-of-the-moon

* https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/index.html

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceRegulation #UNOOSA

#SpaceAgencies and private companies are planning bases, scientific experiments and mining ⚒️ operations on the #moon 🌙. Whatever the #ArtemisAccords decide, Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 are not about to sign up.
A second effort at lunar governance is emerging at #Copuos*. Its new working group is mulling rules on the extraction of natural resources from celestial bodies https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/25/bases-experiments-mining-the-race-to-protect-the-surface-of-the-moon

* https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/index.html

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceRegulation #UNOOSA

#SpaceAgencies and private companies are planning bases, scientific experiments and mining ⚒️ operations on the #moon 🌙. Whatever the #ArtemisAccords decide, Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 are not about to sign up.
A second effort at lunar governance is emerging at #Copuos*. Its new working group is mulling rules on the extraction of natural resources from celestial bodies https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/25/bases-experiments-mining-the-race-to-protect-the-surface-of-the-moon

* https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/index.html

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceRegulation #UNOOSA

#SpaceAgencies and private companies are planning bases, scientific experiments and mining ⚒️ operations on the #moon 🌙. Whatever the #ArtemisAccords decide, Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 are not about to sign up.
A second effort at lunar governance is emerging at #Copuos*. Its new working group is mulling rules on the extraction of natural resources from celestial bodies https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/25/bases-experiments-mining-the-race-to-protect-the-surface-of-the-moon

* https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/index.html

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceRegulation #UNOOSA

#SpaceAgencies and private companies are planning bases, scientific experiments and mining ⚒️ operations on the #moon 🌙. Whatever the #ArtemisAccords decide, Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 are not about to sign up.
A second effort at lunar governance is emerging at #Copuos*. Its new working group is mulling rules on the extraction of natural resources from celestial bodies https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/25/bases-experiments-mining-the-race-to-protect-the-surface-of-the-moon

* https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/copuos/index.html

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceRegulation #UNOOSA

Constellations of #satellites 🛰️ that provide #communications and #GPS on the #moon 🌙 could also wreck #astronomers’ plans by interfering with telescopes 📡, while heavy rovers and mining ⚒️ #robots could generate dust and vibrations https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/mar/25/scientists-call-for-protection-of-moon-sites-astronomy-telescopes

#SpaceScience #MoonMining

🇨🇳 A 100kg #robot 🤖 will prepare a working area on the lunar 🌙 surface and transfer the parts from the lander and assemble them. All of #China’s planned #ChangE missions will be testing technologies to pave the way for Chinese #astronauts 👨‍🚀 to land on the #moon before 📆 2030 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3251854/china-calls-developers-change-8-mission-make-and-assemble-moon-bricks

#MoonHabitat #MoonMining #ISRU #SpaceExploration

In 📆 2022, the #SpaceIndustry was estimated to be worth US$350 billion 💵 and is projected to grow 📈 to more than one trillion 💰 dollars over the next two decades. Actors such as #SpaceX already own a majority of the #LEO #satellites 🛰️ . In the absence of a concerted global 🌏 dialogue, individual countries are pushing ahead with their own laws. Usually, international arrangements tend to arise 🥱 when there is a real risk of #conflict. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00722-4

#SpacePolitics #MoonMining

A single liter costs a few thousand dollars. Because there is no magnetosphere around the #Moon 🌙, it's believed there are large quantities of #helium3 gas trapped in pockets of the #lunar regolith. #Interlune is working toward the launch of a demonstrator mission in 📆 2026 that will sample the lunar regolith, measure the helium-3 quantity, and then attempt to extract some of it. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/03/mining-helium-3-on-the-moon-has-been-talked-about-forever-now-a-company-will-try/

#MoonMining

📆 2023 This #SBSP study by #Astrostrom for #ESA proposes a 29,339 m2 #solar ☀️ collector at the #Lagrange point, #SolarPanels from #Lunar 🌙 materials, transported by a #SpaceElevator 🚠 from the #Moon https://nebula.esa.int/sites/default/files/neb_study/2753/C4000136309ESR.pdf

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceBasedSolarPower #SpaceRobot

📆 2023 This #SBSP study by #Astrostrom for #ESA proposes a 29,339 m2 #solar ☀️ collector at the #Lagrange point, #SolarPanels from #Lunar 🌙 materials, transported by a #SpaceElevator 🚠 from the #Moon https://nebula.esa.int/sites/default/files/neb_study/2753/C4000136309ESR.pdf

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceBasedSolarPower #SpaceRobot

📆 2023 This #SBSP study by #Astrostrom for #ESA proposes a 29,339 m2 #solar ☀️ collector at the #Lagrange point, #SolarPanels from #Lunar 🌙 materials, transported by a #SpaceElevator 🚠 from the #Moon https://nebula.esa.int/sites/default/files/neb_study/2753/C4000136309ESR.pdf

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceBasedSolarPower #SpaceRobot

📆 2023 This #SBSP study by #Astrostrom for #ESA proposes a 29,339 m2 #solar ☀️ collector at the #Lagrange point, #SolarPanels from #Lunar 🌙 materials, transported by a #SpaceElevator 🚠 from the #Moon https://nebula.esa.int/sites/default/files/neb_study/2753/C4000136309ESR.pdf

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceBasedSolarPower #SpaceRobot

📆 2023 This #SBSP study by #Astrostrom for #ESA proposes a 29,339 m2 #solar ☀️ collector at the #Lagrange point, #SolarPanels from #Lunar 🌙 materials, transported by a #SpaceElevator 🚠 from the #Moon https://nebula.esa.int/sites/default/files/neb_study/2753/C4000136309ESR.pdf

#ISRU #MoonMining #SpaceBasedSolarPower #SpaceRobot

#Guardian 📆 8 Dec 2023 The #Peregrine mission is the first in a fleet of private #spacecraft bound for the #moon 🌙 in the next few years. Future landers aim to drill for ice 🧊 and other materials, potentially iron and rare earths, which are of interest 🤑 to mining ⚒️ firms. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/08/nasa-hands-over-control-as-new-era-of-moon-missions-readies-for-lift-off

#MoonMining #ISRU #SpaceCompany

#Astronomers envision huge crater-filling radio dishes 📡 and arrays of antennas hundreds of kilometers 📏 across.
#SpaceAgencies and companies ⚒️ are planning fleets of #Moon-orbiting #satellites 🛰️ to help rovers navigate on the surface and to relay their data 📶 to #Earth. But even if satellites avoid key frequencies or switch off as they fly above #telescopes 🔭, unintended #emissions from onboard #electronics could be detectable https://www.science.org/content/article/moon-s-scientifically-important-sites-could-be-lost-forever-mining-rush

#MoonMining #SpaceScience

#Reuters 📆 August 11, 2023 #Helium3 is an isotope of helium that is rare on earth, but #NASA says there are estimates of a million tonnes of it on the #moon 🌙. This isotope could provide nuclear energy 🔋 in a fusion reactor but since it is not radioactive it would not produce dangerous waste.
#RareEarthMetals - used in #smartphones 📱, #computers 💻 and advanced technologies - are present on the moon 🌙, including scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanides https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/moon-mining-why-major-powers-are-eyeing-lunar-gold-rush-2023-08-11

Picture : #BuzzAldrin speaking with NASA's Rob Mueller about the lunar/martian/asteroid mining #robot #RASSOR https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rob_Mueller_and_Buzz_Aldrin_with_RASSOR.jpg

#SpaceMining #MoonMining #AsteroidMining