It was a pleasure working with the EY Megatrends team to expore the latest in space technology and the implications for the global resource sector, both in terms of exploration and more efficient extraction on Earth through space to the more speculative future of mining beyond Earth. The more immediate challenges of industrialisations of Low Earth Orbit in particular was a very productive (and worrying!) area that we highlighted. The film Gravity paints that challenge vividly..!
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An unusual opportunity came up to speak at the International Mining and Resources Conference housed at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre to explore the possibilities of spin off tech from our underground dark matter searches. I focussed on the science of SABRE, the possibilities of an X-ray like scan for gold in the mine around using Muon Tomography and other underground science such as understanding how life grows without radiation / astrobiology. Finally I discussed the possible future for mining, in space! Key technologies such as automation and refinement have been deployed by the giants in the resource extraction sector and could find a home for their advanced technologies in the final frontier.
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