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Interlune, the Secretive Splinter Startup from Blue Origin

A mysterious startup is gaining momentum.

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Michael Spencer
Feb 03, 2024
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Interlune Secures $15.5 Million for Revolutionary Moon Mining Endeavors

Hey Everyone,

I have a pretty serious fringe interest in space-technology startups. So in the Machine Economy proper, companies like SpaceX are common and not a unique occurence. China itself will usher in many of these companies.

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For the lunar economy there will also be very specialized startups in various points of the supply-chain to make mining the Moon and having a station there viable.

One of the companies I have been watching is Interlune. We don’t know much yet, but let’s take a look at what we do know.

Interlune actually has a pretty good founding origin story. What it’s trying to do says a lot about where civilization will be trying to go. Space-technology is intertwined with our innovations in energy, quantum computing, physics, materials discovery, construction, sustainable tech and multiple other areas simultaneously.

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