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Company claims ownership of Moon's resources, sells helium for quantum computing refrigeration

Mark Frauenfelder
Sep 17, 2025
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The Man Who Sold the Moon is a 1950 novella by Robert A. Heinlein. It's about a businessman, Delos D. Harriman, who is determined to be the first to travel to and control the resources of the Moon.

Seventy-five years later, a man really has sold the Moon, or at least part of it. His name is Rob Meyerson.

Meyerson, CEO of the space mining startup Interlune…

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