Serkan Saydam

Mars

Off-earth mining will be crucial if the dream of building cities in space is to become a reality.

Underground mining

Developing an environmentally sustainable heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system and rock reinforcement for underground mines are two of the UNSW projects to have been awarded CRC-P grants.

Mars colony

Robotic mining that can provide water and fuel is the key to developing a colony on the red planet within the next 30 years.

off-earth mining

Forum will bring Australia’s space community together to shape a collective vision for the nation’s space endeavours.

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Buried ice on Mars could be a water source for interplanetary visits of the future, write Sophia Casanova, Andrew Dempster and Serkan Saydam.