[ExI] Space Mining

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 4:16 PM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 1:40 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > I also note the subject line of this email.  In addition to asteroid
> mining, there is the potential for lunar mining.
>
> Lunar regolith is about 1% metal.


https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/the-chemical-composition-of-lunar-soil/
says the combined aluminum and iron content is more like 20%.  Other metals
are scarce, though.
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