
NASA’s Moon Mining Ambitions: Humanity’s Next Leap or a Cosmic Gold Rush?
Introduction: From Flags to Resources—The Moon’s New Role When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the American flag on the Moon in 1969, it was a symbolic gesture of exploration, not ownership. Today, NASA isn’t just planning to return astronauts to the lunar surface—it’s laying the groundwork for something far more revolutionary: mining the Moon…