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WHY DOES PRESIDENT WANT TO MINE ON THE MOON ?



The US president Trump recently signed an executive orders which says that US has the right to explore outer space.

The order also said the United States did not see space as a common area for resources, and didn't need permission of international agreements to get started.
But why does he want to mine in space? And what are the benefits ?
According to Sarah Cruddas, mining the Moon will help humans to travel further in space, to places like Mars.
Sarah's a space journalist and says the Moon can become "an intergalactic petrol station" - because it has the resources needed for rocket fuel - like hydrogen and oxygen and many more.Having a petrol station in space means rockets can travel further into space before worrying about running out of fuel. It help us as a space base for the fuel and other things. Mostly it is hard to take everything from the planet but if we have a space base like moon it will help a lot in future for traveling to other planets like Mars.Exploring in depth is very important because we don't know what are the resources which are presented on moon and in space. 

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