The idea of mining the Moon, once a concept of science fiction, is now approaching reality. According to Yury Borisov, head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, the race to explore and develop the Moon’s resources has begun.
This graphic highlights the resources identified on the Moon’s surface, based on data from the 📊 U.S. Geological Survey as of 2022.
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Cheese obviously
French or Swiss?
If i remember correctly, the moon is made almost exclusively of Swiss.
Swiss is the real deal, but this calls for moon cheese! Ahahah
Nothing useful for now, except energy for bitcoin mining.
and a LN node.
We havent really tried sampling deep down in the moon yet, have we?
They totally drilled into the moon back in the day, but I'm thinking it was just a quick dig, like a meter deep. But, y'know, I could be wrong.
Rabbits
space jam
A lot has changed since 2022. I think we'll be mining water there within 5 years.