US Pursues Ambitious Vision for Lunar Economy by 2035, Looks to Establish Infrastructure and Services on the Moon

The US government is pursuing plans to develop a lunar economy by 2035, with NASA's Artemis program and support from DARPA.

Key conditions like available resources, transportation, power, and communications must be established to enable a thriving lunar economy.

DARPA is working with 14 companies to study how to provide essential services like power and communications on the Moon.

DARPA's program manager has identified 6 key technology areas that could accelerate a lunar economy.

DARPA issued a request for information on technologies that could help scale up lunar exploration and commerce based on the program manager's ideas.