The Moon isn’t just dust and craters — it may be a cosmic treasure chest. 🌕 Scientists estimate that hidden inside lunar craters lies over $1 trillion worth of platinum and other precious metals. Mining these riches could be far easier than hauling them from distant asteroids, making the Moon a prime target for the next great gold rush. But with nations and private companies eyeing lunar resources, one question looms: will this be humanity’s biggest opportunity… or the spark of a future space race? Credit:
Space Treaty: byITU, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/, https://flic.kr/p/rohePS, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Signing_Outer_Space_Treaty.jpg
Apollo 15: by NASA Johnson Space Center, https://flic.kr/p/yYZE7h, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AS15-88-11866_-_Apollo_15_flag,_rover,_LM,_Irwin_-_restoration1.jpg
ESA Patch: by ESA, https://brand.esa.int/assets/the-esa-patch/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ESA_Patch_2025.svg
Lunar Reconnaissance: by NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter_001.jpg
Tsiolkovsky crater: by NASA, https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_Tsiolkovsky_crater.jpg
Aldrin Apollo 11: by Neil A. Armstrong, https://images.nasa.gov/details/as11-40-5903, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aldrin_Apollo_11.jpg
Apollo crater LRO: by NASA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_crater_LRO.jpg
DART and OSIRIS-REx: by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14322/
Water at the South Pole: by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4057/
LRO Peers: by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4043/
Artemis Generation: by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14205/
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