The process, developed at Cambridge University, has already been established to work on Earth. Ian Mellor, managing director of the company, told CNN Business that it has now received about 250 250,000 (approximately 32 329,000) from ESA to complete the metallurgy in an additional terrestrial environment, Ian Mallor, managing director of the company, told CNN Business.
The project is a step in the development of a sustainable source of oxygen oxygen on the moon – needed to support human life on a permanent basis on the lunar base, and is championed by agencies including ESA, which has shown support for the “Moon Village” – and providing Fuel for launching vehicles.
The researchers also hope that by cultivating and producing essential resources such as oxygen oxygen on the moon, they will significantly reduce the payload mass that needs to be launched from Earth.
“One of the main drivers of this project will be able to use resources that are already on the moon, instead of taking it from Earth to the moon – it costs a lot to take things into space, and the more you can use what is there, the better, Mallor said.
No human has set foot on the moon since 1972, but now, the planet is under the scrutiny of several space agencies.
In December 2017, US President Donald Trump signed Space Policy Directive 1, asking NASA to send humans to the moon for “long-term research and use” and missions to other planets.
Meanwhile, a collaborative agreement between NASA and ESA was finalized in October, and the two agencies will work together on the Artemis Gateway lunar outpost, which will serve as a way to serve astronauts traveling from Earth before reaching the lunar surface.
CNN’s Ashley Strickland contributed to the reporting.
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