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The moon is chock full of it. Would be hysterical if we went back to the moon just because kid's balloons.
by kordless 11y ago
The moon is chock full of it. Would be hysterical if we went back to the moon just because kid's balloons.
- ChuckMcM 11y agoNah, one MRI magnet uses more helium than 10,000 kids balloons, and you get to charge $5,000 every time you use it.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoUses or wastes? I.e. is 10k-balloon-equivalent helium released or reused?
- Kliment 11y agoReused unless you do a quench (emergency shutdown)
- jackgavigan 11y agoThis comment led me to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOUJP5dFEg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SOUJP5dFEg
- PhasmaFelis 11y agoApparently helium balloons use only about 8% of the annual consumption of helium, and that's just about the highest-margin use there is--hospitals effectively pay less for their helium because it's subsidized by kiddie balloons.
- Jweb_Guru 11y agoIt is an entirely fanciful notion that the cost of helium would ever be high enough that going to the moon to retrieve it would be economically viable.