https://spacewatch.global/tag/lunar-mining/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Sun, 02 Jun 2019 08:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/lunar-mining/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/06/spacewatchgl-oped-cultivating-european-lunar-leadership-the-time-is-now/ Sun, 02 Jun 2019 08:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14408 The first half of 2019 has already proven to be a worthy time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon. With China’s Chang'e-4 mission to the far side of the Moon in January and its proactive approach to create a permanent Moon Base, Israel’s private lunar mission in February – which has paved the way for commercial lunar missions, India’s very first mission to the south pole, expected to be launched in September, and NASA’s U.S.$2.6 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Service program and the American ambitions to send humans back to the Moon by 2024, the Moon race is on.]]>