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Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy (www.space.com)

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[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

AstroForge is starting to make the case for mining a few thousand kg / $100 million worth of platinum at a time from asteroids to bring home on about a 2-year roundtrip. It seems like the business case there is close to working because of reduced costs for launch and spacecraft construction.

I haven't heard anyone make a compelling case for Lunar mining yet, though.

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