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The Outer Space Treaty signed in 1967 is vague on the commercial use of space. It supports the peaceful exploration of space. Mining is a peaceful commercial activity that could alleviate the ecological damage from mining on earth. Treaty Text; https://2009-2017.state.gov/t/isn/5181.htm#treaty

The 9 principle minerals found ont he moon are:

1. Helium-3

• Description: Helium-3 is a rare isotope of helium that is found in significant quantities on the Moon's surface, particularly in the regolith (the loose, fragmented material covering the solid bedrock). It is considered a potential fuel for nuclear fusion, a clean energy source that could revolutionize power generation.

• Commercial Potential: The main allure of helium-3 is its use in fusion reactors, which could provide a nearly limitless source of energy. However, the technology for nuclear fusion using helium-3 is still in development, and it's unclear when this will become viable.

• Abundance: The Moon's regolith contains small but significant amounts of helium-3, which is deposited by the solar wind over billions of years.

2. Rare Earth Elements (REEs)

• Description: Rare earth elements, such as neodymium, dysprosium, lanthanum, and yttrium, are critical in the production of high-tech electronics, renewable energy technologies (e.g., wind turbines, electric vehicle batteries), and military applications (e.g., magnets and advanced radar).

• Commercial Potential: These elements are used extensively in manufacturing electronics, batteries, and green technologies. The Moon's regolith contains several REEs, though their concentration is lower than that of other minerals.

• Abundance: The lunar regolith contains moderate quantities of these rare earths, which could be mined in the future for use in advanced technology.

3. Titanium (in the form of Ilmenite)

• Description: The Moon's surface contains a significant amount of ilmenite, an ore of titanium, which is highly valuable in industries like aerospace, automotive, and construction. Titanium is known for its strength, lightness, and corrosion resistance.

• Commercial Potential: Titanium has widespread use in manufacturing high-performance materials, particularly in aerospace and space industries. It could be used for building spacecraft, structures, or even for lunar habitats.

• Abundance: Ilmenite is abundant in the lunar highlands and mare basalts, particularly in areas like the lunar poles, where mining could be focused.

4. Water (H2O)

• Description: While not a mineral, water ice is a key resource on the Moon. It is primarily found at the poles in permanently shadowed craters, where temperatures are extremely low. Water is essential for human survival and could be used for life support, oxygen generation, and rocket fuel.

• Commercial Potential: Water can be used to support future lunar bases, and it could also be converted into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel. This makes it a critical resource for sustaining lunar exploration and providing fuel for missions deeper into space, such as Mars.

• Abundance: Significant deposits of water ice have been detected in lunar craters, particularly at the Moon's poles. Estimates suggest that some craters contain billions of metric tons of water ice.

5. Aluminum (from Feldspar)

• Description: Aluminum is one of the most abundant elements in the Moon’s regolith, typically found in minerals like feldspar. Aluminum is essential in many industries, particularly aerospace, construction, and manufacturing.

• Commercial Potential: Aluminum is widely used for its strength-to-weight ratio in spacecraft construction, satellite components, and space habitats.

• Abundance: The Moon has abundant feldspar deposits, especially in the highland regions, which could be mined for aluminum.

6. Silicon (from Silica)

• Description: Silicon is abundant on the Moon, particularly in the form of silica (SiO2), a major component of the Moon's surface. Silicon is used extensively in electronics, solar panels, and for construction materials.

• Commercial Potential: Silicon is a critical material in the electronics industry, including the production of semiconductors, solar cells, and building materials. The Moon’s silica-rich soil could be used for producing these materials.

• Abundance: Silicon is a major component of the Moon's regolith, making it an accessible material for future lunar resource utilization.

7. Iron (in the form of FeO)

• Description: Iron oxide (FeO), commonly found in the Moon's basaltic rocks, is another important mineral that could be mined for both building materials and fuel.

• Commercial Potential: Iron is widely used in construction and manufacturing. It is also crucial for producing steel and other alloys used in spacecraft and infrastructure. Mining iron on the Moon could help reduce dependency on Earth-based iron resources for lunar construction projects.

• Abundance: Iron is abundant on the Moon, particularly in the mare basalts, and could be mined for construction and industrial purposes.

8. Magnesium (from Magnesium Silicate)

• Description: Magnesium is commonly found in the form of magnesium silicates, like olivine, on the Moon’s surface. Magnesium is used in aerospace manufacturing, alloy production, and electronics.

• Commercial Potential: Magnesium is used in lightweight alloys for the aerospace industry and could be an important resource for constructing lunar habitats, vehicles, and other infrastructure.

• Abundance: Magnesium is present in significant quantities in the Moon’s regolith, particularly in the highland areas.

9. Sulfur

• Description: The Moon contains small amounts of sulfur in its regolith, which could be useful for producing various industrial chemicals.

• Commercial Potential: Sulfur could be used in producing sulfuric acid, which is essential in chemical manufacturing, refining metals, and producing fertilizers.

• Abundance: Although sulfur is not as abundant as other elements, its presence on the Moon still makes it a potentially useful resource for industrial processes.

The risk financially is $10,00. The risk of equipment failure is high due to the harsh environment and the physical distance between the earth and the moon. So there are no guarantees that your claim marker will make it to the moon’s surface and that the signal it relays will function.

The claimant should enter into this venture with eyes wide open and consider this a legacy purchase with short term ROI being non-existent. Think about this as being an investment in your family’s future in space. Pass down your claim to your heirs so that they make reap the rewards of mining the moon in the future. This isn’t to say that with a renewed focus on the commercial aspects of space through MoonXCom that advances in commercial space travel will eventually produce rockets that can carry minerals from the moon to earth at a reasonable cost, or that robotic mining equipment won’t advance to be practical in the original claimant’s lifetime, but it is recommended that claimants of today purchase their claims with an eye on their progeny’s future wealth and not their own. This is a long term, generational, investment.

How you parcel out your 1 kilometer claim is up to you. If you sell the whole claim to another there will be a 5% transfer fee based on the sale price you secured.

Yet to be determined. This should be considered a generational investment to be passed down to your future generations in the hope that they will have access to the necessary technology that would make the mining venture profitable, not an immediate ROI investment. At this time the weight limits of the commercially available rockets restricts the amount of material able to be extracted and shipped and the cost is prohibitive per kilogram. The plan is to start with small, radio controlled mining vehicles (yet to be developed but plausible based on the advancements seen in the Mars Rovers) that could extract a small amount of loose moon material (1kg to start) that can be retrieved as a personal moon rock collection or sold to novelty collectors, museums, and learning institutions.