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Atmospheric mining
Atmospheric mining is the process of extracting valuable materials or other non-renewable resources from the atmosphere. Due to the abundance of hydrogen and helium in the outer planets of the Solar System, atmospheric mining may be easier than mining terrestrial surfaces.
History of atmospheric mining
Atmospheric mining of outer planets has not yet begun.
Types of atmospheric mining
Hydrogen mining
Hydrogen may fuel chemical and nuclear propulsion.
Helium mining
Helium-3 may fuel nuclear propulsion.
Methane mining
Methane may fuel chemical propulsion.
Exploration for atmospheric mining
Hydrogen and helium are abundant in outer planets.
Methods of atmospheric mining
Aerostats
An aerostat would be a buoyant station in the atmosphere that gathers and stores gases. A vehicle would transfer the gases from the aerostat to an orbital station above the planet.
Scoopers
A scooper would be a vehicle that gathers and transfers gases from the atmosphere to an orbital station.
Cruisers
A cruiser would be a vehicle in the atmosphere that gathers and stores gases. A smaller vehicle would transfer the gases from the cruiser to an orbital station.
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California has sued the Trump administration 46 times. Here are the lawsuits
The Hill 21 Feb 2019
Becerra was involved with three lawsuits over a Trump administration decision to delay and eventually repeal a rule governing methane emissions on public and tribal land ... California filed suit against the EPA in 2018 over the agency's supposed failure to reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas mining operations....
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Home thoughts from a final frontier
China Daily 20 Feb 2019
From a galaxy far, far, away, Earth is a distant home ... A Chinese "migrant worker", who is mining methane on Neptune for an energy company, receives a message that his grown-up son, who lives with his grandparents on Earth, is going to be sent to Proxima Centauri a year later as one of the first explorers. The son will never return ... ....
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Lawlessness at Gupta mines was behind deadly Gloria Mine tragedy
Independent online (SA) 19 Feb 2019
A methane gas explosion ripped through the Gloria Coal Mine on 4 February, trapping 22 men underground ... At Gloria mine, the men made a fatal mistake by cutting the overhead electricity cables which powered giant fans that flushed out methane gas from the mine. Poisonous methane gas ......
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Shanxi to extract 6.6 bln cubic meters of coalbed methane
Xinhua 19 Feb 2019
Ten major coalbed methane projects will be built this year, adding 2 billion cubic meters to the annual production capacity, said Zhou ... Coalbed methane is a byproduct of coal, of which utilization can help reduce risks in mining, cut greenhouse gas emissions and ease gas shortages....
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Sharp rise in methane levels threatens world climate targets
The Observer 17 Feb 2019
Dramatic rises in atmospheric methane are threatening to derail plans to hold global temperature rises to 2C, scientists have warned ... Methane is produced by cattle, and also comes from decaying vegetation, fires, coal mines and natural gas plants ... It was assumed, in Paris, that dealing with methane levels in the atmosphere would be relatively easy....
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Death toll rises to 12 in South Africa's mine accident
Xinhua 14 Feb 2019
Rescue operations at Gloria Coal mine in Mpumalanga were halted on Thursday after seven bodies of alleged illegal miners were brought to surface ... She said rescue teams would need to suck out methane first from the mine before deciding when to continue with the operations....
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State needs sensible methane rules
Rio Rancho Observer 10 Feb 2019
State leaders will be looking at ways to address climate change and the impacts on our state as well as reducing air pollution and waste of taxpayer resources through the venting and flaring of methane ... Sensible methane regulation and conservation of wild places and habitat will require many stakeholders at the table....
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Lack of ventilation delays rescue operation at Gloria mine
Independent online (SA) 07 Feb 2019
About 22 people, believed to be Lesotho nationals, were trapped underground at the disused mine near Middelburg on Wednesday after a gas explosion which left one person dead. "The Mine Rescue Services will be taking gas samples to test methane levels," the department in a brief statement....
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Founder’s Day brings New Castle community together
Post Independent 06 Feb 2019
In February 1888, New Castle was officially incorporated ... Main St ... From the February 1896 methane gas explosion in the Vulcan Mine, which tragically took the lives of 49 miners, to President Theodore Roosevelt's short 1905 speech in New Castle, this year's installment of Founder's Day will pay tribute to the town's founding fathers ... IF YOU GO… ... ....
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Odessa American
31 Jan 2019
INNIO Receives Another Significant Order for Jenbacher Gas Engines in China
Odessa American
31 Jan 2019
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South African Mining Firm to Invest U.S.$4,1 Billion in Lupane Gas
All Africa 31 Jan 2019
A South African mining company, Tumagole Consortium, says it is committed to investing R55 billion into the coal-bed methane mining project in Lupane. Tumahole Consortium officials, led by South African Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Mphakama Mbete, paid a courtesy call on Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday .......
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China's Coal Mines, Power Plants Haven't Cut Methane Emissions
WorldNews.com 30 Jan 2019
China previously said 6.2 million tons of methane produced from coal mining would be used by 2015.“Our study indicates that, at least in terms of methane emissions, China’s government is talking the talk but has not been able to walk the walk,” Scot Miller, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who led the research team, said in a statement....
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China's greenhouse gas emissions rising, undermining Xi's climate push
CNN 30 Jan 2019
A study released in the journal Nature on Tuesday shows a steady growth in China's methane emissions, primarily from the ... In 2010 the Chinese government enacted a series of new polices requiring methane from coal mining to be captured, or to be converted into carbon dioxide....
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