Astrotech (ASTC) shares were up 190% in Wednesday trading after the company's board approved a strategic initiative aimed at evaluating emerging opportunities associated with Moon-based quantum computing manufacturing.
The initiative will focus on lunar resource development, autonomous lunar industrial infrastructure, and future Moon-based advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing opportunities, the company said.
The emerging opportunities include NASA's Artemis Program and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, Astrotech said.
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