lunar economy Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/lunar-economy/ Covering the business and politics of space Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:45:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png lunar economy Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/tag/lunar-economy/ 32 32 80681979 All eyes on the moon: sharing information for lunar peace, safety and sustainability https://spacenews.com/all-eyes-on-the-moon-sharing-information-for-lunar-peace-safety-and-sustainability/ https://spacenews.com/all-eyes-on-the-moon-sharing-information-for-lunar-peace-safety-and-sustainability/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=519747 Blue Ghost 1 shadow

We live in a brand new era for lunar activities. With over 100 payloads from around the globe planned to visit the Moon by 2030, our closest natural satellite will […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/all-eyes-on-the-moon-sharing-information-for-lunar-peace-safety-and-sustainability/feed/ 0 519747 Lunar helium-3: separating market from marketing https://spacenews.com/lunar-helium-3-separating-market-from-marketing/ https://spacenews.com/lunar-helium-3-separating-market-from-marketing/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=518575 Artwork depicting lunar mining operations for Helium-3 involving harvesters, a solar power plant, rovers and return launchers. Credit: Interlune

On May 5, 2025, Interlune — a Seattle-based startup — announced a new agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): they’ll deliver helium-3, harvested from the moon, to Earth […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/lunar-helium-3-separating-market-from-marketing/feed/ 0 518575 Accelerating investment in the final frontier: leveraging administrative approvals to bolster commercial space development https://spacenews.com/accelerating-investment-in-the-final-frontier-leveraging-administrative-approvals-to-bolster-commercial-space-development/ https://spacenews.com/accelerating-investment-in-the-final-frontier-leveraging-administrative-approvals-to-bolster-commercial-space-development/#respond Thu, 15 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=517361 Artist's concept of a solar panel array on Mars. Credit: Redwire

In the American economy, property rights are so fundamental to commercial activities that we often take them for granted. Without these fundamental tenets of society, development and commerce would be […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/accelerating-investment-in-the-final-frontier-leveraging-administrative-approvals-to-bolster-commercial-space-development/feed/ 0 517361 Where are we on the journey to a lunar economy? https://spacenews.com/where-are-we-on-the-journey-to-a-lunar-economy/ https://spacenews.com/where-are-we-on-the-journey-to-a-lunar-economy/#respond Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=514123 Blue Ghost 1 in orbit

Former NASA Administrator and LogiQ co-president Mike Griffin framed it best: “the question about the vision for space exploration boils down to whether we want to incorporate the solar system in […]

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