Harvesting rare-earth metals from the moon will happen this century, NASA chief says

On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, the leader of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration gave his predictions for the future of the space industry and how it could be a lucrative enterprise much sooner than most investors think. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said, for example, that harvesting rare-earth metals from the surface of the moon will be possible in “this century.” “There could be tons and tons of platinum group metals on the moon, rare-earth metals, which are ...