Protecting the Planet or Destroying the Universe? Understanding Reactions to Space Mining
There is currently a surge in interest from both private and government sectors in developing technology for mining asteroids and the moon (“space mining”). One of the key benefits highlighted by advocates of space mining is that it minimizes the usual problems associated with mining on earth in ter...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:4b47909a6ba447d69baa0a5ba89378a1 2023-05-15T13:32:26+02:00 Protecting the Planet or Destroying the Universe? Understanding Reactions to Space Mining Matthew J. Hornsey Kelly S. Fielding Emily A. Harris Paul G. Bain Tim Grice Cassandra M. Chapman 2022-03-01 https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074119 https://doaj.org/article/4b47909a6ba447d69baa0a5ba89378a1 en eng MDPI AG doi:10.3390/su14074119 2071-1050 https://doaj.org/article/4b47909a6ba447d69baa0a5ba89378a1 undefined Sustainability, Vol 14, Iss 4119, p 4119 (2022) space mining asteroid mining social license to operate moral foundations political ideology envir geo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2022 fttriple https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074119 2023-01-22T19:37:32Z There is currently a surge in interest from both private and government sectors in developing technology for mining asteroids and the moon (“space mining”). One of the key benefits highlighted by advocates of space mining is that it minimizes the usual problems associated with mining on earth in terms of pollution, environmental degradation, and encroachment on human habitats. Two studies—one conducted on a 27-nation sample (N = 4819), the other conducted in the U.S. (N = 607)—provide the first test of the assumed (but never studied) notion that space mining is more palatable to the public than terrestrial mining. Both studies indicate broad support for asteroid mining: levels of support were reliably above the mid-point, and much greater than for other forms of frontier mining such as mining the ocean floor, mining Antarctica, mining the Alaskan tundra, and lunar mining. Unlike terrestrial mining, community attitudes toward mining asteroids were largely non-ideological; support was not correlated with perceptions of ecological fragility, political ideology, or individualistic/hierarchical worldviews. In summary, the current studies suggest that mining companies have a “social license to operate” for mining asteroids, but less so for lunar mining. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Tundra Unknown Sustainability 14 7 4119 |
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There is currently a surge in interest from both private and government sectors in developing technology for mining asteroids and the moon (“space mining”). One of the key benefits highlighted by advocates of space mining is that it minimizes the usual problems associated with mining on earth in terms of pollution, environmental degradation, and encroachment on human habitats. Two studies—one conducted on a 27-nation sample (N = 4819), the other conducted in the U.S. (N = 607)—provide the first test of the assumed (but never studied) notion that space mining is more palatable to the public than terrestrial mining. Both studies indicate broad support for asteroid mining: levels of support were reliably above the mid-point, and much greater than for other forms of frontier mining such as mining the ocean floor, mining Antarctica, mining the Alaskan tundra, and lunar mining. Unlike terrestrial mining, community attitudes toward mining asteroids were largely non-ideological; support was not correlated with perceptions of ecological fragility, political ideology, or individualistic/hierarchical worldviews. In summary, the current studies suggest that mining companies have a “social license to operate” for mining asteroids, but less so for lunar mining. |
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Protecting the Planet or Destroying the Universe? Understanding Reactions to Space Mining |
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