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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #138 Space Resources: The Next Leap
Description: Ever since the beginning of the space age, scientists and engineers have considered the role extra-terrestrial resources could have to supporting missions of exploration and science. However, early missions to space and the moon were too brief to benefit from in-situ supplies.
Now with a new drive to return to the Moon, this time to stay, and as we prepare to push on to Mars, space resources will play a critical role. New technologies, new skills, and the support of an innovative private sector have led experts to dust off older ambitions for the exploitation of space...