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I thought mining was the big commercial reason to launch people into space.


Mining is the big reason to launch mining robots into space. For now though, there isn't anything we can economically mine.

Mining helium-3 from the moon has been suggested. It could potentially be used for fusion power. But we currently can't make a helium-3 fusion plant, and even if we could, it would have to compete with cheaper, more abundant fuels for fusion. So it's far from certain that helium-3 mining the moon will ever happen.




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