Dr. Kevin Cannon has joined the Mines Space Resources Program as Assistant Professor with a joint appointment with the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering. Prof. Cannon comes to Mines from the University of Central Florida, where he was a postdoctoral...
Space Resources graduate student Curtis Purrington has received two different NASA awards in the last two months. The first one is the NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) fellowship for his PhD research project entitled, “Locating and...
Prof. Angel Abbud-Madrid was interviewed by Scientific American on a recent article stressing the need to improve our knowledge of lunar water ice reserves to enable NASA’s plans to establish a sustainable lunar outpost.
Prof. Morgan Bazilian and graduate student Alex Gilbert published an article in the National Interest on the geopolitics of space resources. The article considers the implications from the recent White House Executive Order and the Artemis Accords on the development...
Prof. George Sowers was featured on a Popular Mechanics article entitled, “Digging Up Regolith: Why Mining the Moon Seems More Possible than Ever,” discussing how technical advances and political support are making the extraction of lunar resources closer...
NASA’s Spinoff 2020 Magazine showcased the zero-leak valve developed by the Doering Company for the water-mist fire extinguishers designed, tested, and launched in 2016 to the International Space Station by Mines in collaboration with ADA Technologies, Wyle, and...
