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The mining industry has a productivity problem. Coming into the last big commodity cycle and for most of the years since, mining productivity has continued to decline. Miners grew too ...

Mars One is a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands planning to establish a permanent human colony on Mars by 2025.  This private spaceflight project, led by Dutch entrepreneur Bas ...

It is well known that the human need for exploration has driven invention, and perhaps none more so that the activities of NASA in space. From the temper foam in ...

Aside from the obvious benefits to research, small inexpensive exploration robots may also find a home mineral exploration. Imagine using small robots to explore for economic minerals in accessible volcanic systems, old abandoned mines, rifts ...

At first glance it sounds ridiculous. Why would anyone consider mining in space when even the largest Earth-based mining operations seem to have trouble managing costs? After all, mid-grade and marginal ...