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"China also plans on mining helium-3, which is currently mostly manufactured, off the moon." add this to the list of why getting our butts into space remains a
by theophrastus 11y ago
"China also plans on mining helium-3, which is currently mostly manufactured, off the moon." add this to the list of why getting our butts into space remains a vital goal (someone is keeping this list, yes?)
- nikanj 11y agoI think this was a central plot element in Iron Sky
- Animats 11y agoRight. He3 fusion is harder to do than DT-DT fusion, which we can't yet make work for power production anyway. DT-DT fusion produces somewhat more radioactive waste products, but less than fission. It's possible, after all, to make He3 by making tritium and waiting 12 years.