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>Exploiting the moons resources.

Now, that's the important thing.
Why are global powers eyeing the moon?
What could the moon POSSIBLY offer that earth doesn't already have in droves?
Well, turns out, we've squandered one of the most important resources humanity ever had, using it to fill clown balloons and make belches sound hilarious.

https://www.thoughtco.com/will-we-run-out-of-helium-3975959

Once we realized the importance of helium in the medical industry, it was already too late and that was decades ago.
Now it's just a depressing long march to the end, unless we find new sources.

There are implications for power generation too, but my brain isn't rough enough to explain that much.

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Trump's gonna shut this one down so hard isn't he, especially with Elon leaping all around the White House.