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Casey Handmer’s Blog

Casey Handmer’s Blog

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Personal blog with deep technical analyses of SpaceX Starship, Mars exploration, and space infrastructure.

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I Guess We’re Doing Moon Factories Now
Blog•Feb 10, 2026

I Guess We’re Doing Moon Factories Now

SpaceX is refocusing on lunar development to build space‑based factories that will produce AI‑intensive hardware, leveraging Starship’s high launch cadence. The economic model hinges on turning microwave power into high‑value data, as demonstrated by Starlink, and extending it to orbital data centers with GPUs. Moon‑based mass‑driver extraction and continuous solar power aim to supply raw materials, reducing launch mass and costs. This commercial approach contrasts sharply with NASA’s legacy SLS/Orion architecture, which is seen as costly and redundant.

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