The concept of mining asteroids for their mineral riches has long been a staple of science fiction, but the scientific expectations are realistic and private firms are already making moves to grab a ...

Rolls-Royce is currently working on a power source for mining resourcing on the Moon and even Mars. The firm recently released a joint study with the UK Space Agency into nuclear reactor development ...

It's probably only a matter of time before our species finally reaches Mars, opening the doors for humanity to expand its reach to a second planet in this solar system. It will be a slow and costly ...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has prepared a very ambitious blueprint for the coming 40 years. This roadmap includes big plans like building 3D printed houses on Mars, landing humans ...

The basic economics of space mining You’re saying that even with the decline we’ve seen in launch costs in recent years, and even assuming some continued progress, it would be more affordable to build ...

Now that we know for sure there is water ice on Mars, the business types have to figure out a way to fund mining operations to get that water out of planet and into drinkable form for colonists.

The Arizona State University Mars program gained plenty of headlines by developing instruments that explored the surface of the Red Planet. For their next trick, university researchers are seeking ...

Mining on Mars sounds like sci-fi, but the logic is brutal and simple: Earth is running out of easy resources, and digging deeper here keeps getting dirtier, deadlier, and more expensive. Mars holds ...