Colorado School of Mines and Industry Investigate Sustainable Lunar Resource Extraction
A world leader in terrestrial excavation technology, Colorado School of Mines is fostering new generation of engineers intent on Moon prospecting within Center for Space Resources directed by (L-R) Angel Abbud-Madrid; Graduate student Justin Cyrus, in possession of precedent-setting US$0.10 NASA contract for Lunar extraction, plans Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) to support Nokia LTE buildout NET Q4 2022; Startup Petra, led by Tesla cofounder Ian Wright, working on thermal boring machine ‘Swifty’ capable of 982° C heating while moving through rock at 12m / hr; $30M raised after Sioux Quartzite demonstration