Why we need to mine the Moon | If You're Listening | ABC News In-depth

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After the discovery of water at the Lunar poles, a new race is on to claim the ice caps as a potential fuel source for deeper space exploration. India, China, USA and Russia are all planning missions to Moontarctica to stake their claim. The 100-year-old work of a scientist is to thank for many of the discoveries powering modern space travel, even though he was dismissed in his own time. In this episode of ‘If You’re Listening’ Matt Bevan looks at the past, present and future of space exploration. Subscribe: ab.co/3yqPOZ5

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All Comments (21)
  • @Pauleigh55
    10:45am Matt, thank goodness people like you make programs like this. It’s a joy to watch.
  • @zeltron-qk2iu
    Would've been nice to include that chandrayaan -1 mission was the first which discovered water on the moon in 2008 & started new space race
  • @m.a.b.4104
    Another great episode, look forward to the next. The move to video format has been a great idea, there's got to be future seasons done this way.👍👏👏👏
  • @gordotaub2
    This show is great! Why is it so short? There's so much trash that goes for unnecessarily long...
  • @LeeKennedy-cc6il
    Thankyou for giving us Moonartica. But this concept of refueling from moon resources was a concept I thought of during my high school years during the 1980's.
  • @jedics1
    Everything you do you somehow make interesting :)
  • @timsullivan4566
    Why not have a petrol station up there on the moon? After all... ...we already have sky-high prices!
  • @rogerduong6939
    Does anyone know where I can find the version of Clair de lune played at the end of the video? Also, loving every episode you've put out. Consistently interesting stories and fun delivery.
  • @jeechun
    Two questions: 1. when does alien Santa visit the Mars base? 2. did you get out of the void? OTOH: a good video. 👍
  • @phantomstrider
    What a coincidence! I was just looking up whether there were any global plans to colonise the moon last night. While I didn't find much, it's great to see there's still some plans to use the moon for intergalactic travel.
  • @thomasp001
    9:20 - "Removing the need to yeet all our fuel into space..."
  • @infernalstan886
    Wow the latest episode of Insiders just had comments turned off 2hrs after it was uploaded... How hard is into either leave them open or have them closed from the start??