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Experts gathered in Sydney last month for Australia's first space mining conference cited the moon as the first and most viable step in off-planet resource extraction.
Dr. Jonathan Clarke, a geologist and president of the Mars Society who spoke at the two-day Off-Earth Mining Forum held at the University of NSW, said the moon was the next frontier for the mining industry and that water was likely to be the key resource up for grabs.
According to Clarke, lunar water will be a vital resource for future space missions and exploration, as in additional to its conventional roles as a washing and drinking fluid, it can also be used as a propellant for space vehicles and converted into oxygen for human respiration.
At the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), the KSTAR tokamak recommenced operations in December after a major upgrade to replace the…
KSTAR aims for longer plasmas
At the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE), the KSTAR tokamak recommenced operations in December after a major upgrade to replace the device's carbon divertor with a tungsten divertor.
According to an on the KFE website, the original carbon divertors could take a thermal load of 5MW/m², whereas the tungsten divertor can take 10MW/m². The upgrade is critical to the goal of sustaining a 100-million-degree plasma for 300 seconds by 2026. Data from the operational campaign will be directly relevant to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ, which will operate a tungsten divertor under similar plasma conditions in terms of shape and structure.
This testing campaign will continue through February 2024. Read more about the plans in this in English on the KFE website, or in Korean in the .