Experiments on the International Space Station have shown that the process of “biomining” will work in microgravity; a discovery that could help the first space settlers gather the minerals they need to build a long-term presence beyond Earth.
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Source:
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-biomining-future-settlements-worlds.html