Taiwan to make lunar lander for NASA moon-mining missionTAIPEI: Taiwan is building a $47 million lunar lander as part of the first ever moon-mining project, officials said Monday. It is the first time Taiwan has built a lunar lander. US space agency NASA is leading the project, which is called Resource Prospector and aims to be the first mining expedition on another world. NASA is due to launch the moon-mining mission early in the 2020s. “Should the Resource Prospector prove to be successful, the moon could be used as a base for space journeys into Mars,” Han said.

Source: Manila Times July 18, 2016 11:26 UTC