deathentry

deathentry t1_itfyh0e wrote on October 23, 2022 at 10:48 AM

Reply to comment by Zren8989 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

Unlikely they would have gotten the funding for it as they only make 1.5kg a year currently..

deathentry t1_itdzvzi wrote on October 22, 2022 at 10:40 PM

Reply to comment by cecilmeyer 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

Yeh except plutonium-238 to power space equipment was made during nuclear weapons manufacturing.. https://www.planetary.org/articles/plutonium-power-for-space-missions.