The Lunar Economy Could Be Worth $566B by 2050. First, We Have to Build It.

The return to the Moon is an infrastructure story, and Deloitte has created numbers to back it up.

The number: A new report from Deloitte, Building the Lunar Economy: How a Sustained Presence on the Moon Could Transform Life, Industry, and Infrastructure on Earth and Beyond , puts the lunar economy’s cumulative economic value through 2050 at $343B under a conservative scenario, rising to $566B under an accelerated one. The estimate covers two things: the infrastructure required to operate on the Moon, and the markets that infrastructure could unlock once it exists.