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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ftunivbathcris:oai:purehost.bath.ac.uk:publications/a34b9fb3-1676-4eda-a61a-69bd0295b854 2024-04-28T07:59:12+00:00 Protecting the Planet or Destroying the Universe? Understanding Reactions to Space Mining Hornsey, Matthew J. Fielding, Kelly S. Harris, Emily A. Bain, Paul G. Grice, Tim Chapman, Cassandra M. 2022-04-01 https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/a34b9fb3-1676-4eda-a61a-69bd0295b854 https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074119 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85128163552&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/a34b9fb3-1676-4eda-a61a-69bd0295b854 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Hornsey , M J , Fielding , K S , Harris , E A , Bain , P G , Grice , T & Chapman , C M 2022 , ' Protecting the Planet or Destroying the Universe? Understanding Reactions to Space Mining ' , Sustainability (Switzerland) , vol. 14 , no. 7 , 4119 . https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074119 asteroid mining moral foundations political ideology social license to operate space mining /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305 name=Geography Planning and Development /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2105 name=Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2301 name=Environmental Science (miscellaneous) /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2100/2102 name=Energy Engineering and Power Technology /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2308 name=Management Monitoring Policy and Law /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy name=SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy article 2022 ftunivbathcris https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074119 2024-04-09T02:52:34Z 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 University of Bath's research portal 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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Hornsey , M J , Fielding , K S , Harris , E A , Bain , P G , Grice , T & Chapman , C M 2022 , ' Protecting the Planet or Destroying the Universe? Understanding Reactions to Space Mining ' , Sustainability (Switzerland) , vol. 14 , no. 7 , 4119 . https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074119 |
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