{"id":121335,"date":"2023-11-20T00:29:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T00:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=121335"},"modified":"2023-11-20T00:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T00:29:26","slug":"mining-the-moon-is-the-key-to-solving-earths-energy-crisis-expert-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/mining-the-moon-is-the-key-to-solving-earths-energy-crisis-expert-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Mining the Moon is the key to solving Earth&#8217;s energy crisis, expert claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Moon is the key to solving the energy crisis, a geography boffin reckons.<\/p>\n<p>Bestselling author Tim Marshall says humanity is set to spend more time mining the lunar surface \u2013 predicting it will be the next space race. He believes nations will be in \u201cpursuit of the metals we need to create renewable energy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The expert said, writing for The Times: \u201cAs well as rare earth metals, there is also the potential on the moon to extract helium-3 which, unlike the helium-4 found on Earth, could be used to make radiation-free nuclear energy when we finally work out the formula for nuclear fission. It is not a question of should we mine on the Moon \u2013 we will \u2013 but more how, legally and ethically, we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE &apos;Empty&apos; UK shopping centre blasted for &apos;no shops&apos; after Tesco and The Range leave<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>For more space news, click here.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31479340.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_FILES-US-SPACE-MOON.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Ouyang Ziyuan \u2013 chief scientist of the Chinese lunar exploration programme \u2013 reckons there is enough to \u201csolve humanity\u2019s energy demand for around 10,000 years\u201d. The US is plotting to land a woman and a man on the moon in 2025 and have a lunar base by the end of the decade. The Americans also want to mine the surface in the early 2030s.<\/p>\n<p>They are battling China, whose first crewed landing is not expected until about 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Tim, a former presenter for Sky News, continued: \u201cFor billions of years it was bombarded by meteorites, which may have excavated metals from under the surface. Some proven deposits are near the lunar south pole, where there are also huge quantities of water ice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31479341.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Cheltenham-Literature-Festival-2021.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/incoming\/article31471221.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Elon-Musk-launches-giant-new-SpaceX-rocket-and-loses-contact-with-it-less-than-10-minutes-after-ta.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Elon Musk launches giant new SpaceX rocket \u2013 and loses it within eight minutes<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThis could provide drinking water for a moon base and hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel. There is also the possibility of finding materials we do not yet know of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOuter space has long been seen as part of humanity\u2019s \u201ccommons\u201d \u2014 that it is for all of us. But once we were able to venture into space that concept began to fray. It\u2019s hard to see how, given the potential riches to be found, states and companies will not claim ownership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadly, this means that in the short term most countries will not benefit. Eighty countries have a presence in space, mostly in the form of low Earth orbit satellites; only a handful are space-faring nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest breaking news and stories from around the globe <\/i><\/b><b><i>from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/i><\/b><b><i>here<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/mining-moon-key-solving-earths-31479315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moon is the key to solving the energy crisis, a geography boffin reckons. Bestselling author Tim Marshall says humanity is set to spend more time mining the lunar surface \u2013 predicting it will be the next space race. He believes nations will be in \u201cpursuit of the metals we need to create renewable energy\u201d. 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