Stealth Startup Aims to Mine the Moon, Raises $15.5M
- Stealth moon mining startup Interlune raised $15.5M in new funding and aims for $2M more
- Led by ex-Blue Origin presidents focused on harvesting lunar resources
- Aims to be the first company to extract natural resources from the moon for use on Earth
- Developing tech to sort lunar soil by particle size to provide feedstocks
- Part of growing focus on utilizing space resources for long-term stays, echoed by Blue Origin