Talk:Lunar resources

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Trump statement, add?

Regarding Lunar resources#Legal status of mining:

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order encouraging the U.S. to mine the moon for minerals. According to Trump’s executive order, the U.S. will object to any attempt to use international law to hinder its efforts to mine the moon, Mars, and “other celestial bodies.”

Oliver Milman Trump order encourages US to mine the moon; Executive order says US will oppose any international effort to bar it from removing chunks of moon, Mars or elsewhere in space theguardian.com April 7, 2020

X1\ (talk) 01:03, 9 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

needlessly verbose

Just make statements and cite them. For example, "the sky is blue", not "it has been determined that the sky is blue". The reader already knows that scientific data is the product of scientific inquiry. 114.76.47.96 (talk) 11:22, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Not particularly meaningful

Nearly every moon resource mentioned facilitates living on the moon, or furthering the moon's "exploration." Manganese, titanium, and aluminum are reasonably plentiful on Earth. There is no evidence of significant amounts of rare earth elements present on the moon, nor is the presence of conditions under which rare earth minerals are generated. More resources will be expended "exploring" the moon than will ever be extracted from the moon.

I put the word "exploring" in quotes because the word implies something worth discovering. You might have a back yard around your house, but it isn't rational to waste millions digging it up, or exploring under it. There is no there, there.

The article should reflect the lack of evidence of meaningful materials on the moon, or simply be removed. No pun intended, but it appears to be simply aerospace boosterism. 24.166.35.32 (talk) 21:27, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]