According to recent news reports, NASA is intending to get involved in inter-planetary mining as early as 2014. In an effort to assist with deep-space travel, the governmental agency is looking for ways to mine needed raw materials to aid in colonization and space flight on the moon and possibly on other planetary bodies.
This being the case, how can the Earth’s mining community get involved to assist with successful and environmentally conscious mining? While “Avatar” style mining is countless decades away, this may be the first step towards truly expanding our reach to other planets and learning about potential new elements.
The Gate Dispatch 