Challenges and Opportunities for an Off-World Mineral Resource Economy
Technologies to Fill Observation & Capability Gaps for the Off-World Mineral Resource Economy
NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are hosting an invitational workshop intended to inform the development of new technologies to detect and assess off-world mineral resources, as well as to identify alignments with advanced terrestrial applications.
April 11, 2023 at NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA
Workshop Information
- April 11, 2023
- Registration by Invitation
- Agenda
- Google Map Location
- Campus Driving Directions
Local Accommodations
Timely, cost-effective discovery of critical assets requires a new generation of surface and sub-surface mapping capabilities to improve the resolution and accuracy of Mineral Resource Models. In addition, formal assessments of the risk and reward of extracting resources from local geologic environments need to be made. These processes are very challenging to conduct for off-world resources, where mapping and sampling must be done at great effort and cost via robotic missions. To overcome these challenges, the community could potentially benefit from a coordinated effort to assess the potential economic benefits and costs, and to develop and deploy new sensors, platforms and enabling technologies.
The workshop will bring together a diverse group of experts from national and international communities, leveraging existing and emerging terrestrial mineral resource technologies and partnerships to reduce risk and lower cost barriers. Speakers from Federal Agencies, industry, NGOs and academia will describe the strategic need for Mineral Resource Assessment models on Earth and off-world and define observation and capability gaps to detect and assess mineral resources. Attendees will help refine these observation and capability gaps in sufficient detail that we can identify specific technologies or technology improvements needed to close them.
Technologies to Fill Observation & Capability Gaps for the Off-World Mineral Resource Economy
NASA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are hosting an invitational workshop intended to inform the development of new technologies to detect and assess off-world mineral resources, as well as to identify alignments with advanced terrestrial applications.
April 11, 2023 at NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA
Workshop Information
- April 11, 2023
- Registration by Invitation
- Agenda
- Google Map Location
- Campus Driving Directions
Local Accommodations
Timely, cost-effective discovery of critical assets requires a new generation of surface and sub-surface mapping capabilities to improve the resolution and accuracy of Mineral Resource Models. In addition, formal assessments of the risk and reward of extracting resources from local geologic environments need to be made. These processes are very challenging to conduct for off-world resources, where mapping and sampling must be done at great effort and cost via robotic missions. To overcome these challenges, the community could potentially benefit from a coordinated effort to assess the potential economic benefits and costs, and to develop and deploy new sensors, platforms and enabling technologies.
The workshop will bring together a diverse group of experts from national and international communities, leveraging existing and emerging terrestrial mineral resource technologies and partnerships to reduce risk and lower cost barriers. Speakers from Federal Agencies, industry, NGOs and academia will describe the strategic need for Mineral Resource Assessment models on Earth and off-world and define observation and capability gaps to detect and assess mineral resources. Attendees will help refine these observation and capability gaps in sufficient detail that we can identify specific technologies or technology improvements needed to close them.