Any recent news on that issue? I just saw a program indicating that Russia and the US BOTH plan to mine the moon by 2020 for helium-3 for fusion power. Interesting...
I just heard the other night that Google was going to put up 20 mil in prise money for the first civilian team to land on the moon.
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LOL! This stuff, helium-3, is EXTREMELY expensive and almost nonexistent here on earth, and something like a few tons of it can run small states endlessly via fusion power. It is on the moon and not here because the moon has no atmosphere to deflect it awaylike Earth does. It's in the soil and rocks, and could ultimately be the answer to the energy problems here.
If I remember reading the article correctly, we only assume that H-3 could achieve that, however we don't currently have the technology to utilize it.
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RE: Race for helium-3 on the moon
I have not read anything new about it. All I know is He-3 isotope is very rare on Earth. He-4 is the most abundant. He-3 is considered desireablebecause its nonradioactive and its particle (high energy proton) can be contained in magnectic and electric fields creating an electro magnetic induction for a direct energy conversion. The problem is it has a very high coulomb barrierso it will take high temps to fuse to proteum.Much higher than deuterium to tritium which is what we have been trying to perfect. I do have questions about its "clean fuel" assumption. If I rememeber correct, to occure it is only a side reaction to deuterium + deuterium next to He-3 + He-3 which will cancel the "clean fuel" assumption to a small extent. With that said, its still far cleaner than fission. I do know that the moon is suppose to hold large amounts of He3 whichhas accumulatedfrom the nebulain the nebular theory as well as solar winds. AS for the mineing project, Ihave read nothing more than it being considered.
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Race for helium-3 on the moon
