Alex Gilbert

(FILES) This handout screen grab taken from the live feed of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) website on August 23, 2023, shows the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft seconds before its successful lunar landing on the south pole of the Moon. With hopes of India's moon rover waking up dimming by the hour, the country's space agency has said it was "okay" if there was no communication with the space craft. The successful touchdown of the Chandrayaan-3 ("Mooncraft-3") mission came just days after a Russian lander crashed in the same region. (Photo by ISRO / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Space is the next frontier in mining

Private companies and governments are reaching for the stars in an effort to ease Earth-bound shortages