Ministry for Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources does not plan to develop mining in space

Ministry for Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources does not plan to develop mining in space, the head of the ministry Dmitry Kobylkin "Told to journalists. To depart on other planets and to be engaged there in mining while early", - Dmitry Kobylkin told. According to him, for a start the mankind needs to learn to get resources on Earth without emergency and environmental disasters. "Not really it would be desirable that the Gulf of Mexico was formed on the Moon", - the minister added. On April 6, 2020 President of the United States Donald Trump signed the decree in support of commercial development of resources on the Moon and other celestial bodies, the Decree...