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Re:Huge helium discovery 'a life-saving find' by flubert on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @11:50AM (#11994717)
The Strategic Helium Reserve is a consequence of WWI and the desire to not be subject to shortages of Helium for lighter-than-air craft during wartime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Helium_Reserve

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Re:Huge helium discovery 'a life-saving find' by dogma1138 on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @12:02PM (#11994843)
The strategic reserve is for Helium 4 primarily, were talking about Helium 3 which is a rare isotope of Helium.
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