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Let me save you a horrendously long read filled with personal tangents instead of actual facts: there's Helium 3 on the moon in relative abundance. The problem
by mdorazio 7y ago
Let me save you a horrendously long read filled with personal tangents instead of actual facts: there's Helium 3 on the moon in relative abundance.
The problem here is two-fold: 1) Helium 3 is mostly only useful for working, energy positive fusion reactors, which... don't exist yet and probably won't for some time. 2) The article makes a big deal about this being a key to reducing fossil fuel dependence, but... that's already happening without fusion and also without a trillion dollar moon mining project.