China Claims to have material for nuclear fusion from the moon
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There are a lot of articles out about this. If it's true, china is about to strip mine the moon. It will promote "green" energy to other countries while doing this. If it's not true, then we will have a fake space race to strip mine the moon.
Asteroid mining would be far more valuable in the long term.
That said I'm skeptical. The Chinese lie like breathing, and the moon is hardly a treasure trove of useful chemicals or minerals, least of all anything you could dig up with a probe.
Isn't asteroid mining only logical for out-of-earth utilization? That's what I saw somewhere.
yes an no. Materials like metals can be returned to earths surface in small quantities easily enough. Drop them in a ceramic ablation container and attach parachutes. For certain metals, it's even economical. But normally not.