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Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Reuters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Reuters</span></a> 📆 August 11, 2023 <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Helium3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Helium3</span></a> is an isotope of helium that is rare on earth, but <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NASA</span></a> says there are estimates of a million tonnes of it on the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>moon</span></a> 🌙. This isotope could provide nuclear energy 🔋 in a fusion reactor but since it is not radioactive it would not produce dangerous waste.<br /><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RareEarthMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RareEarthMetals</span></a> - used in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smartphones</span></a> 📱, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>computers</span></a> 💻 and advanced technologies - are present on the moon 🌙, including scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanides <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/moon-mining-why-major-powers-are-eyeing-lunar-gold-rush-2023-08-11" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/technology/space/m</span><span class="invisible">oon-mining-why-major-powers-are-eyeing-lunar-gold-rush-2023-08-11</span></a></p><p>Picture : <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BuzzAldrin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BuzzAldrin</span></a> speaking with NASA&#39;s Rob Mueller about the lunar/martian/asteroid mining <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>robot</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RASSOR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RASSOR</span></a> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rob_Mueller_and_Buzz_Aldrin_with_RASSOR.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Rob_Mueller_and_Buzz_Aldrin_with_RASSOR.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SpaceMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceMining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MoonMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoonMining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AsteroidMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AsteroidMining</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LAtimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LAtimes</span></a> 📆 Sept. 4, 2022 &quot;Two <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/asteroids" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>asteroids</span></a> in the belt between <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mars</span></a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Jupiter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jupiter</span></a> 🪐 have more <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/iron" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>iron</span></a>, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>nickel</span></a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cobalt</span></a> than exists on <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Earth</span></a>. Ultimately these products could be not only <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mined" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mined</span></a> ⛏️ but also <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/processed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>processed</span></a> in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>space</span></a>, reducing <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pollution</span></a> of both the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/air" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>air</span></a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>water</span></a> on <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Earth</span></a>&quot; <a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09-04/commercialization-space-earth" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/opinion/story/2022</span><span class="invisible">-09-04/commercialization-space-earth</span></a></p><p>&quot;Both <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NEAs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NEAs</span></a> have surfaces with 85% <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>metal</span></a> such as iron and nickel and 15% silicate material, which is basically <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rock</span></a>&quot; <a href="https://news.arizona.edu/story/mini-psyches-give-insights-mysterious-metal-rich-near-earth-asteroids" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.arizona.edu/story/mini-ps</span><span class="invisible">yches-give-insights-mysterious-metal-rich-near-earth-asteroids</span></a></p><p>Picture: <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RASSOR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RASSOR</span></a> on <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Ceres" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ceres</span></a> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prototype-d%27excavateur-de-la-NASA--RASSOR.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Prototype-d%27excavateur-de-la-NASA--RASSOR.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AsteroidMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AsteroidMining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SpaceMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceMining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SpaceRobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceRobot</span></a></p>