This Company Aims to be the First to Mine the Moon Written 14 March 2024
![Moon-Mining-operation-NASA Moon Mining operation, NASA](/images/default-source/uploadedimages/industry-news/moon-mining-operation-nasa.jpg?sfvrsn=a55727ed_0&MaxWidth=250&MaxHeight=152&ScaleUp=false&Quality=High&Method=ResizeFitToAreaArguments&Signature=DBF7AB2B082453D30AB48926F1A43FE506BD8468)
Artist's rendition of moon mining activity.| Credit: NASA
The Washington Post reports, “Nearly a decade ago, Congress passed a law that allows private American space companies the rights to resources they mine on celestial bodies, including the moon. Now Interlune, founded by former Blue Origin executives and an Apollo astronaut, has said it wants to take advantage of that law.”
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