The MOON is very important for the future of all mankind, and not only because its interaction with the Earth influences many of the processes that happen on our planet every year. A team of researchers from the University of Arizona has received nearly $700.000 in funding from NASA to develop a new mining technique specifically designed for the moon and the extraction of minerals that exist beneath the surface of Earth's natural satellite.
The MOON would have its ores extracted from under its surface by groups of autonomous robots that would dig on their own to collect titanium, platinum, gold, and whatever else is hiding there at the moment. Scientists are of the opinion that under the surface of the moon there would be enough ores that could contribute not only to the support of life on the cosmic body, but could also be very useful on Earth if they were transported here.
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The MOON has not only these ores hidden under its surface, but also many other much more important ones, some that cannot even be seen on Earth, so they would be extremely expensive if they were brought here. The process itself would be a complex one, especially with regard to the production of robots, but also of the software that would allow them to dig under the surface of the moon by themselves in order to find and extract from there the ores that can be used by mankind .
"In a certain sense, we are like farmers. We breed talents from these creatures or from an entire family of creatures to perform certain tasks. By going through this process, we help perfect these artificial creatures whose job it is to perform mining tasks. The idea is for the robots to build, prepare things, and do all the dirty, boring, dangerous stuff so that the astronauts can make things more interesting. On the Moon, you have to be much more conservative. For example, to break rocks, we use a lot of water, and we won't have that on the moon. So we need new processes, new techniques."
The MOON will not have many astronauts present on its surface even after a lunar base is established there, so that these robots that will dig under the surface will free up humans to do research. Robots could dig alone even if astronauts left the moon for various reasons, so the development of such autonomous mining systems is extremely important to find important ores.
The MOON would be visited by people again after 2024, but it is not known when the first lunar base could be made and when people could start looking for ores there.
