As Moon interest heats up, two companies unveil plans for a lunar “harvester”
Summary
Astrolab and Interlune announced a collaboration to develop lunar harvesting capabilities, leveraging Astrolab’s FLEX rover platform and Interlune’s Helium-3 mining concept. The plan envisions deploying modular, electric rovers—FLIP for initial testing and FLEX for broader surface operations—with a goal of extracting Helium-3 on the Moon, potentially on future Starship missions. The development underscores growing private-sector activity in lunar surface infrastructure and in-space resource utilization.