Forget mars: The real space fortunes will be made on the moon and earth

# The Moon is Becoming the New Frontier for Space Business Instead of focusing on Mars colonization, major space companies like SpaceX are now targeting the moon as the next big money-making opportunity. The shift makes sense because the moon is closer and more achievable, and building infrastructure there could support everything from AI computing to deeper space exploration. NASA and private companies are already investing billions in lunar projects, signaling this is where the real profits will happen over the next century.
While SpaceX’s IPO captures global financial headlines, a high-stakes space ecosystem has been quietly emerging. By shifting the goalposts from Mars to the moon and low Earth orbit, a broad coalition of smaller players have been investing in and building the infrastructure for a new space economy, a
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