America’s next economic frontier is 240,000 miles away

Published on June 17, 2026
Firefly's Blue Ghost lander captured footage of the Moon during its third lunar orbit maneuver that inserted the spacecraft in a near-circular low lunar orbit on Feb. 24, 2025. Credit: Firefly Aerospace

Humans have always gazed up at the moon in wonder. A generation ago, NASA astronauts did the extraordinary and touched down on its surface, planting an American flag and igniting […]

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