Taebaek City Hosts Demonstration of 'Space Resource Development Equipment' in Abandoned Mine Tunnel

Utilizing Abandoned Mines Simulating 'Space Environment' for National Future Strategic Projects
Taebaek City: "Aiming to Grow as a Demonstration Complex for Space Resource Development Equipment"

Taebaek City, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (Mayor Lee Sang-ho) announced on the 31st that on the 28th, Taebaek City and the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (Director Lee Pyeong-gu) successfully held a demonstration test of space in-situ resource utilization equipment using abandoned mine resources at the site of the old Hamtae Mining abandoned mine.

Scenes from the demonstration event of space in-situ resource utilization equipment using abandoned mine resources, held on the 28th at the old Hamtae Mining abandoned mine site by Taebaek City and the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (Director Lee Pyeong-gu). About 100 people attended the demonstration event, including Lee Sang-ho, Mayor of Taebaek, Lee Cheol-gyu, Member of the National Assembly, Lee Pyeong-gu, Director of the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, government ministries, research institutes, partner companies, and Taebaek City officials. Photo by Taebaek City Hall

The demonstration test event on that day involved testing a total of six types of equipment, including 3D modeling and rendering devices researched by the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources for space resource development, inside the abandoned mine.

The demonstration event was attended by about 100 people, including Taebaek Mayor Lee Sang-ho, National Assembly member Lee Cheol-gyu, Director Lee Pyeong-gu of the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, government officials, research institutions, partner companies, and Taebaek City officials.

In particular, this demonstration event was held to promote national future strategic projects such as space resource research and development and testing, following the business agreement signed between Taebaek City and the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources on February 11, drawing significant interest from the attendees.

Through this demonstration, by simulating terrain and resource development conditions similar to the space environment based on local resources such as abandoned mines in Taebaek City, it is expected to be the first step toward realizing the future space resource industry of space exploration and resource development by verifying resource development technology equipment in the space environment.

A Taebaek City official stated, “We will do our best to ensure that Taebaek City can grow and develop into a space resource development demonstration complex for the development and testing of space exploration equipment.”

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