An international team of scientists led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, has identified a problem with the growing interest in extractable resources on the moon: there aren’t ...

In 1974, the late Princeton University professor and space visionary Gerard O'Neill proposed using electromagnetic rail guns to lob payloads from the moon. O'Neill suggested using "mass drivers" based ...

Mining water, metals, and oxygen from the Moon and asteroids seems promising, but only if these space-based resources are reasonably accessible. Reading time 8 minutes The new era of space exploration ...

The Man Who Sold the Moon is a 1950 novella by Robert A. Heinlein. It's about a businessman, Delos D. Harriman, who is determined to be the first to travel to and control the resources of the Moon.

Humans have long been transfixed by the moon, awed and inspired by its reassuring presence in the night sky and its influence on the tides. In recent decades, though, our fascination with our nearest ...

Blue Origin and Astrobotic were big winners to explore moon-resource technologies among $150 million in awards given to 11 companies by NASA on Tuesday. Part of NASA’s Tipping Point program, NASA ...

SEATTLE — As NASA pushes forward with its Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon, Washington-based aerospace expert Dr. Roger Myers says Americans may need to wait a little longer than ...

Moon Express has recruited a scientific advisory board of renowned planetary scientists to support the development of the company’s commercial lunar robotic missions and plans to explore and ...