Gamma-ray Spectrometer Gives Space Miners New Eyes

Credit: Moon: NASA
HOUSTON – A NASA-funded advance in gamma-ray spectrometers by university researchers could prove valuable in the detection of gold, platinum and other valuable materials locked under the surfaces of asteroids, moons and other airless bodies. Such materials may be of interest to a future space-mining...

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