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The helium-3 market makes an interesting comparison: it's sole-sourced from nuclear fission reactors. https://cen.acs.org/materials/3-availability-increase-new
by perihelions 3y ago
The helium-3 market makes an interesting comparison: it's sole-sourced from nuclear fission reactors.
https://cen.acs.org/materials/3-availability-increase-new-supply/99/web/2021/12 https://cen.acs.org/materials/3-availability-increase-new-su... ("³He availability to increase with new supply deal")
It'd cost $30 billion to fill one of OP's blimps with synthetic helium-3 (which—to be fair—is a superior lifting gas to helium-4).