"I know we're all at our limit with tech ventures that the financial powerhouses of the world rapidly rally around as more foundational and beneficial resources to civilization wane. I know we don't have enough ear space to fill with all the promises of utopian computer advancements that in practice require comical amounts of human intervention. That after all of the crypto, NFTs, AI, video pivots and pets.com collapses, the last thing we need is more gambling on speculative futurist nonsense. But hear me out: what if we fucked with the Moon."
"Deutsche Bank's focus is on Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based company developing tech for lunar exploration. They're primed for the windfall of any Moon-bound interest, and Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu says the Moon economy "may have just gone through a key inflection point." Which is to say we're gearing up for a nitwit-off."
"Through 2025, the White House stated a renewed interest in Moon missions. Part of the Artemis program, the U.S.A. is looking to beat China to the Moon for military infrastructure and spycraft securities. That space race has kicked off a second, simultaneous one amongst billionaires. Jeff Bezos announced that Blue Origin is aiming to develop lunar landers for the program. It plays into the tension between NASA and SpaceX, whose progress on their contract has been sluggish."
Major financial institutions and wealthy private actors are shifting attention and capital toward a nascent Moon economy focused on lunar exploration, infrastructure, and commercialization. Intuitive Machines and similar firms developing lunar landers and technologies stand to gain from renewed government programs and private investment. The U.S. Artemis program, driven by geopolitical competition with China, is prompting public lunar missions and contracts that have attracted billionaire-led rivalries. Companies such as Blue Origin and SpaceX are pursuing lunar-capable vehicles amid tensions with NASA and slow contract progress. Market analysts identify a potential inflection point that could accelerate lunar investment and strategic activity.
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