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 Interlune's milestone-gated financing structure suggests investors are managing the 'launch cost competition' risk by deferring capital deployment until technology proves out. The $23M raised vs. $500M+ contracts ratio shows investors won't fund full-scale infrastructure until extraction is demonstrated, precisely because falling launch costs create uncertainty about whether lunar He-3 can compete with terrestrial alternatives or Earth-launched supplies.
 
+
+### Additional Evidence (extend)
+*Source: [[2026-03-00-geekwire-interlune-prospect-moon-2027-equatorial]] | Added: 2026-03-19*
+
+The same paradox applies to lunar landing reliability: improving landing technology enables ISRU missions but the reliability constraint forces site selection tradeoffs that change extraction economics. Interlune's equatorial choice demonstrates that even with improving landing tech, reliability remains a binding constraint that can override resource concentration optimization.
+
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 ## Content
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 - Excavator design: continuous-motion technique, 100 tonnes/hour rated capacity per Harvester
 - CLPS landing success rate: 20% (1 of 5 clean successes)
 - Equatorial He-3 concentration range: ~1.4-2 ppb
+
+
+## Key Facts
+- Interlune's Prospect Moon 2027 mission targets equatorial near-side, not south pole
+- Griffin-1 mission launches July 2026 with multispectral camera for He-3 concentration mapping at south pole
+- Interlune raised $5M SAFE in January 2026
+- Interlune has $500M+ in total purchase orders and government contracts
+- Interlune excavator current development phase wraps mid-2026
+- Interlune excavator design: continuous-motion technique, 100 tonnes/hour rated capacity per Harvester
+- Interlune partnered with Vermeer for full-scale excavator prototype
+- CLPS landing success rate: 20% (1 of 5 clean successes)
+- Equatorial He-3 concentration: approximately 1.4-2 ppb