“Who will profit, exactly?
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#spaceExploration is an explicitly #colonialfantasy, eyeing an “untamed wilderness … waiting to be filled with value”
#SpaceMining will be a $20 billion (US) industry by ‘35; as on Earth, most of those profits will likely flow to #privateCompanies. #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX …
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#spaceExploration is an explicitly #colonialfantasy, eyeing an “untamed wilderness … waiting to be filled with value”
#SpaceMining will be a $20 billion (US) industry by ‘35; as on Earth, most of those profits will likely flow to #privateCompanies. #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX …
“So many countries right now are realizing the #value in what we can bring back by going to the moon,” #ChristinaKoch, another member of the #ArtemisII crew…“The #industry gains, the #knowledge gains, the #scientific gains, the #inspiration gains.”
With the Artemis II Mission, the Lunar Land Grab Begins
The moon once belonged to everyone. Soon it will belong to the rich
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April 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM
“Who will profit, exactly?
…
#spaceExploration is an explicitly #colonialfantasy, eyeing an “untamed wilderness … waiting to be filled with value”
#SpaceMining will be a $20 billion (US) industry by ‘35; as on Earth, most of those profits will likely flow to #privateCompanies. #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX …
…
#spaceExploration is an explicitly #colonialfantasy, eyeing an “untamed wilderness … waiting to be filled with value”
#SpaceMining will be a $20 billion (US) industry by ‘35; as on Earth, most of those profits will likely flow to #privateCompanies. #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX …