South Korea using abandoned coal mines to prepare for life on the Moon

In South Korea's Taebaek, Gangwon Province, robots are descending into abandoned coal mines to help the country prepare for lunar missions. The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) sent autonomous rovers into the former Hamtae mine to test technology for use in future space mining of lunar resources. — Read the rest

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