- cross-posted to:
- space@kbin.social
- cross-posted to:
- space@kbin.social
Moon mining gains momentum as private companies plan for a lunar economy::A number of entrepreneurial groups have shared their strategies to turn the moon into a hustle and bustle world of marketable services.
Moon manufacturing would be mainly for the space industry, yes. As the moon’s gravity is far smaller than earth’s, it’s much much easier to launch things into orbit.
Also, the moon is in a near perfect vacuum. That, and low gravity, has some value for manufacturing certain things. Especially low gravity, as it’s very hard to reduce the gravity on earth for industrial processes.