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lughnasadh OP t1_itdawy3 wrote

Reply to comment by ReturnOfSeq in Next month, Japanese company iSpace will become the first private company to deliver a lunar lander and commercial payload to the moon's surface. Two more private companies aim to follow them in 2023. Is this the start of a lunar economy? by lughnasadh

>>international agreements not to mine the moon

There is no real economic reason to mine the moon.

The fusion reactors that would use it's Helium-3 haven't been invented yet, and even when they are, many people doubt mining the moon's Helium-3 could ever economically compete with obtaining it from Earth.

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Takakikun t1_itf30sn wrote

The mining is mostly for water, not for Helium initially.

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Ayeager77 t1_itdzgnx wrote

Funny. I was thinking this reminds me of that show.

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