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dantemp t1_itk9o4y wrote

Reply to comment by anglesideside1 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

Asteroid mining will definitely become a major industry. The question isn't if, the question is when. You might be right that the first few attempt fail but only because we'd have to work out the kinks, not because having an infinite resource that nobody has a claim on is a bad idea.

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