Posted on 03/30/2024 6:45:00 PM PDT by Libloather
Incredible map shows the places on the moon where we might find ‘infinite energy’ or trillions in minerals by 2030.
A new space race is warming up after half a century, with Russia, China and America racing to put robots, human astronauts and even lunar trains on the moon.
The prize is enormous, with resources ranging from ‘rare earth’ minerals used in electronics to Helium-3, a potential energy source which could power a nuclear fusion revolution offering infinite clean energy.
Morgan Stanley has previously suggested that the global space industry could be worth $1 trillion annually by 2040 - and could make Elon Musk (behind the company Space X) the world’s first trillionaire.
The map below shows some of the missions targeting the moon in coming years - and some of the treasures believed to lurk on its surface, from rare earth minerals to Helium-3.
NASA is planning to put the first woman on Mars in the middle of this decade, and both NASA, Russia and China are planning for a moon base in the longer term.
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman is drawing up plans for a railway on the moon to carry goods between bases, with the moon’s south pole believed to hold reserves of water (which can be turned into fuel for spacecraft going to mine asteroids or land on Mars).
NASA has spoken about a "lunar gold rush", with Russia saying that it would launch further lunar missions and then explore the possibility of a joint Russian-China crewed mission and even a lunar base.
Rare earth metals - used in smartphones, computers and advanced technologies - are available on the moon, according to research by Boeing.
Helium-3 is a form of the gas helium that is rare on earth, but NASA says...
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“NASA is planning to put the first woman on Mars in the middle of this decade”
Clearly the Road to Riches
Alice Kramden award.
some one has to make the samichs
The ice at the moon’s poles is likely the biggest prize. It opens up travel to the rest of the Solar System. I doubt the timeline here is good though. It is going to take longer.
OK, to do this right, from the start no fossel fuels.
Don’t make the mistake those white supremecists started.
Windmills and solar panels only.
That train runs on batteries.
And don’t bring anything back to Earth, where pollution reigns.
You have a clean, perfect ‘planet’. Keep it that way.
2030 seems to be a very popular year for the elite these days
Just let China and Russia be stupid enough to blow money on a fool’s dream.
Bingo. Best post of the day; thank you.
That is critical. And it's essential that it be a black woman. Preferably a lesbian or transwoman.
NASA must make this their priority over every other moon mission objective.
Morons!
Electricity comes from wall plug thing.
And from bird choppers.
And solar farms.
The cost of getting energy from the moon to earth will be ass-tronomic-hole.
It sounds like they broke their helicopter and are just looking for things to do.
Why? Is the ice really dilithium crystals?
Humans looking for another place to exploit and create environmental damage. The greenies should be on top of this and protesting all over the galaxy.
But, the “San-Ti” will put a stop to this madness.
What do they mean “infinite energy.”
Their psychoses clearly prevent them from seeing the gravity of the situation.
We are a century away from mining anything on the moon. It will take us 60 years just to get back. Space is hard.
Next year is the middle of this decade so they'd better hustle.
I vote they send Pelozi or Hillary.
Almost... The greenies aren’t upset yet.,YET... The injuns are though with plans to dump human ashes in the moon.
China has yet to design and build a rocket that does what Starship does, and that wouldn’t even be a minimum for the kind of platform to economically exploit minerals on the moon, barring discovery of some incredible new element.
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