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  Anonymous Coward, Nov 30th, 2011 @ 9:44pm

  
  

  I know this is a silly question, but how the heck does this "mining" company propose to get all the piece parts necessary to conduct mining operations to the moon in the first place? Funny that the concerns attributed to NASA are directed to what can be done after something has been mined, but not a single one about how the necessary equipment to conduct the needed mining will be shipped to its end destination.

   

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  Michael Ho (profile), Nov 30th, 2011 @ 11:32pm

  
  

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  hmm. getting inanimate objects to the moon shouldn't be as hard as getting people back to the moon... so remote-controlled mining equipment shouldn't be as hard as you make it sound?
  
  NASA has already awarded centennial prizes for its regolith excavation challenge:
  http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/early_stage_innovation/centennial_challenges/regolith/re golith_results_detail.html

   

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  lrobbo (profile), Jun 10th, 2012 @ 8:03am

  
  

  Amazing to think just what junk we have polluted outersapce with.

   

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