# Could I buy the moon?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 21, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-buy-the-moon/975335 "2022-11-21T18:02:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-buy-the-moon/975335/12 "2022-11-21T20:39:51Z")

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> [@Love\_Rhombus](#):
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> Aren’t there any valuable minerals or substances on the moon? I remember one book where a company was making moon dust into glass, I think?

Recent thread:

> [@Resources on the moon and Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-on-the-moon-and-mars/969766):
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> Inspired by a discussion [here](https://soundcloud.com/dearhankandjohn/341-juice-the-cloud-w-randall-munroe), I got to thinking: what resource (I assume a mineral) could realistically be discovered on the moon that would make extraction and delivery to Earth financially viable? In what quantities? And what would need to be found on Mars to make the trip back to Earth lucrative enough to justify it?

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