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The development of orbital economies and electric vehicle grids continues to push humanity’s presence further from Earth while expanding charging infrastructure on our home planet. — ARC
The High Ground
Artemis crew members have returned to Earth after completing a nine-day journey around the Moon. This voyage took them further from our planet than any humans in history.
The EV Race
Tesla’s Supercharger network has expanded with seven 500-kW V4 charging stations, according to data from EVChargingStations.com on April 11, 2026. However, this growth hasn’t translated to improved market performance for the company or its peers, as Tesla stock recently took a 30% hit, which rippled across the industry and sent investors reassessing their portfolios, as reported by The Globe and Mail on April 12, 2026.
What follows is purely a thought experiment.
Imagine this: In 2035, NASA’s Artemis program, now 9 years old, has successfully established a sustainable human presence on the Moon. Tesla’s dominance in the EV market, fueled by their V4 Supercharger network expansion, has created an unexpected knock-on effect. The surge in high-power charging infrastructure has made it feasible for small-scale, decentralized lunar mining operations to flourish. This new industry, initially driven by the demand for rare-Earth minerals needed to manufacture advanced spacecraft components, is now supplying a significant portion of the world’s neodymium and dysprosium reserves.