The Increasing Scarcity of Helium

Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by theophrastus on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @02:23PM (#9734132)

"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?)

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Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by nikanj on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @05:12PM (#9735354)

I think this was a central plot element in Iron Sky

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Re:The Increasing Scarcity of Helium by Animats on Wednesday June 17, 2015 @05:50PM (#9735535)

Right. 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.

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