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As private businesses prepare for a lunar economy, moon mining is gaining traction. image source- space Colorado's GOLDEN - The time is now for humans to make the moon their primary destination for landing, habitation, and exploration in the near future. Long-term plans by small and major businesses, academic institutions, and foreign space organizations all advance together with NASA's Artemis Program. That was evident at the third Space Resources Roundtable meeting, which took place here at the Colorado School of Mines last month. A record 250 speakers discussed lunar economic models, the outcomes of in-lab tests, and legal and legislative challenges. Several business organizations discussed how they plan to transform the moon into a bustling marketplace of marketable services. In-situ resource use, or ISRU, is the fundamental adhesive that secures upcoming moon use. In ISRU, o...