Moon Fever 2.0

... processing, meaning that extraction costs would decline as the Moon is explored. A clear illustration is Interlune . On May 7, 2025, the company signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to deliver three liters of helium-3 mined on the Moon no later than April 2029. At the same time, commercial agreements were reached with Bluefors for volumes of up to 10,000 liters per year in 2028–2037, and with Maybell Quantum for thousands of liters annually in 2029–2035. Together with the heavy equipment manufacturer Vermeer , the company has built a full-scale prototype of a lunar excavator designed for conveyorized operation. The machine is intended to continuously strip the ...