Texas A&M University: Shining a Light on Untapped Lunar Resources
May 03, 2024
May 03, 2024
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, May 3 (TNSres) -- Texas A&M University issued the following news:
By Alyssa Schaechinger
Near the moon's south pole lies a 13-mile wide, 2.5-mile-deep crater known as Shackleton, named for Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton -- and craters like it -- may contain untapped resources that can be accessed with lunar mining.
Solar energy is the optimal energy source to power lunar mining since it does not need to be trans . . .
By Alyssa Schaechinger
Near the moon's south pole lies a 13-mile wide, 2.5-mile-deep crater known as Shackleton, named for Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton -- and craters like it -- may contain untapped resources that can be accessed with lunar mining.
Solar energy is the optimal energy source to power lunar mining since it does not need to be trans . . .