Incredible 地図／計画する shows the places on the moon where US, 中国 and Russia are racing to find 'infinite energy' or 一兆s of dollars in minerals by 2030

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Incredible 地図／計画する shows the places on the moon where we might find ‘infinite energy’ or 一兆s in minerals by 2030

A new space race is warming up after half a century, with Russia, 中国 and America racing to put robots, human 宇宙飛行士s and even lunar trains on the moon.

The prize is enormous, with 資源s 範囲ing from ‘rare earth’ minerals used in electronics to Helium-3, a 可能性のある energy source which could 力／強力にする a 核の fusion 革命 申し込む／申し出ing infinite clean energy.

Morgan Stanley has 以前 示唆するd that the 全世界の space 産業 could be 価値（がある） $1 一兆 毎年 by 2040 - and could make Elon Musk (behind the company Space X) the world’s first trillionaire.

The 地図／計画する below shows some of the 使節団s 的ing the moon in coming years - and some of the treasures believed to lurk on its surface, from rare earth minerals to Helium-3.

Nations are racing for the moon's south 政治家 and 'dark 味方する'

航空宇宙局 is planning to put the first woman on 火星 in the middle of this １０年間, and both 航空宇宙局, Russia and 中国 are planning for a moon base in the longer 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語.

弁護 請負業者 Northrop Grumman is 製図／抽選 up 計画（する）s for a 鉄道 on the moon to carry goods between bases, with the moon’s south 政治家 believed to 持つ／拘留する reserves of water (which can be turned into 燃料 for 宇宙船 going to 地雷 asteroids or land on 火星).

航空宇宙局 has spoken about a "lunar gold 急ぐ", with Russia 説 that it would 開始する，打ち上げる その上の lunar 使節団s and then 調査する the 可能性 of a 共同の ロシアの-中国 乗組員d 使節団 and even a lunar base.

Rare earth metals - used in smartphones, computers and 前進するd 科学（工学）技術s - are 利用できる on the moon, によれば 研究 by Boeing.

Helium-3 is a form of the gas helium that is rare on earth, but 航空宇宙局 says there are 見積（る）s of a million トンs of it on the moon.

Helium 3 could 供給する 核の energy in a fusion 原子炉 but since it is not 放射性の it would not produce dangerous waste (although so far 核の fusion is not yet financially viable にもかかわらず 最近の 打開s).

航空宇宙局's Nova-C lunar landar 開始する，打ち上げるs from Kennedy Space 中心 in Florida

Artemis 宇宙飛行士s 卒業生（する） this year (Getty)

Most 計画（する）s for ‘moon 採掘’ 伴う／関わる robots doing much of the work, overseen by humans either on moon bases or on 軌道ing space 駅／配置するs.

But the 法律 around who ‘owns’ the moon or its 資源s is 不明瞭な.

More than 80 countries already have a presence in space.

Philosopher AC Grayling 令状s in his new 調書をとる／予約する Who Owns the Moon?, ‘A space Wild West is coming into 存在.

‘The consequences for peace and 安定 on Earth, already tenuous on 従来の grounds ... could be, and too likely will be, as 石油 on to a 解雇する／砲火／射撃.'

Water will be an important 資源 on the moon?

The 国際連合 1966 Outer Space 条約 says that no nation can （人命などを）奪う，主張する 主権，独立 over the moon, although lawyers say it’s 不明瞭な whether a 私的な （独立の）存在 can （人命などを）奪う，主張する areas.

In 2020, the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs 発表するd the Artemis （許可，名誉などを）与えるs to 設立する ‘安全な zones’ on the moon - but Russia and 中国 have not joined.

The south 政治家 is 存在 的d by 中国 同様に as 航空宇宙局, which has identified 13 possible 上陸 場所／位置s 近づく the moon’s south 政治家 for the Artemis III which will return humans to the moon.

Just 12 people have ever walked on the moon - all of whom are men, and no one has been to the moon sinceGene Cernan and Jack Schmitt in December 1972.