The Australian Space Agency (ASA) announced this week a new program to mine the Moon for water and other resources. Why? If water could be mined from the Moon’s surface, it could be used as a refueling station of sorts for manned missions to Mars and beyond. “Getting things from the surface of the Earth into orbit or into deep space costs a lot of money. If you can produce water in space for less than it costs to get there, then you’re ahead,” said Australian space engineer Andrew Dempster.
While the Australian Space Agency is less than nine months old, Australia’s cosmic ambitions date back to the early days of the space competition. It was one of the first countries to launch a satellite from its own soil, launching a probe into orbit from the Woomera military base as early as 1967. When Neil Armstrong did the first moonwalk two years later, Australia’s Parkes Radio Telescope picked up the TV signals for the majority of the transmission that was transmitted to the world.
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