MINING

Automated mining key to Mars colonisation

A scientist from University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia, is suggesting that Mars will be colonised by humans by the year 2050, as long as autonomous robotic mining processes quickly become more commercially viable.

 To penetrate through Mars’ 20m of regolith and extract water from the planet’s ice deposits, HoneyBee Robotics has developed the Red Water system

To penetrate through Mars’ 20m of regolith and extract water from the planet’s ice deposits, HoneyBee Robotics has developed the Red Water system

The suggestion has been made by Professor Serkan Saydam from UNSW Sydney in the wake of the landing on Mars by NASA's Perseverance rover. Perseverance is expected to provide answers about whether forms...

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