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DQ News: Space Race: There Are Dollar Signs on the Moon

Now that the last space shuttle has returned to Earth, NASA can get out of the way, and let the entrepreneurs race to the moon:

“It’s probably the biggest wealth creation opportunity in modern history,” said Barney Pell, a former NASA computer scientist turned entrepreneur and now a co-founder of Moon Express. While Moon Express might initially make money by sending small payloads, the big fortune would come from bringing back platinum and other rare metals, Dr. Pell said.

“Long term, the market is massive, no doubt,” he said. “This is not a question of if. It’s a question of who and when. We hope it’s us and soon.”

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