The resources found in space are key to humanity’s exploration of life beyond Earth, and we’re just beginning to  understand how to use them to advance technology in this next frontier. Angel Abbud-Madrid, director of the Center for Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines, shares the importance of discovering and utilizing resources in space,  the challenges of working in environments vastly different from those we’re familiar with on Earth and what we should expect to see from space resources and space exploration in the near future.

For more about the Center for Space Resources and the world’s first-ever space resources graduate program, visit space.mines.edu. Learn more about Colorado School of Mines at mines.edu.