BREAKING: Deloitte’s new report projects a lunar economy worth up to $566 billion and highlights @SpaceX as a key player. The report says: • Elon Musk has shifted SpaceX’s focus toward building a self-growing city on the Moon • SpaceX has invested over $15 billion in Starship • Deloitte calls Starship the highest-capacity cislunar vehicle in development • Its newest version is designed to carry up to 100 metric tons to orbit • SpaceX is developing a crewed lunar lander • SpaceX requested approval for 1 million space-based computing satellites • Its plans include lunar factories capable of manufacturing and launching satellites directly from the Moon • Future businesses could include lunar manufacturing, surface energy and space-based AI computing Deloitte estimates: • $343B to $566B in cumulative economic value through 2050 • $209B to $282B from core lunar infrastructure • $134B to $284B from markets enabled by that infrastructure • An additional $541B in potential benefits from innovation, science and human inspiration • Transportation alone could be worth up to $205.7B • Resources and materials could reach $114.5B • In-space production could reach $105.9B • More than 400 lunar missions are planned over the next two decades.

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