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Anna Desmarais

Europe wants to bring industry to space. What is the ‘Moon economy?’

As the world prepares to return people to the Moon for the first time since the 1960s, countries are already thinking about how to use the resources they find on the lunar surface.

Space authorities from Europe, the United States, Japan, and Canada are using the Artemis II mission, set for February 2026, as the first step towards a permanent lunar base camp – and eventually, potential life on the Moon.

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