- Feb 22, 2007
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I was watching the nasa channel and they were discussing how the moon is loaded with helium3 . There is little to none of it on the earth, but the moon is said to have millions of tons of the stuff. They want it because it would allow clean fusion power with no waste.
Nasa said that just two shuttle loads of he-3 could power the entire usa for one year.
They made a comment that its not cooincedence that japan, china, russia , usa all are planning moon landings in the next 5 years and possible mining in the next 10-20 years..
My questions is who decides what belongs to who ?
Is it just whoever gets there first ?
http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/proj?rm=he3&s=1
check out the video, covers how it would be mined, used and why its wanted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3
Nasa said that just two shuttle loads of he-3 could power the entire usa for one year.
They made a comment that its not cooincedence that japan, china, russia , usa all are planning moon landings in the next 5 years and possible mining in the next 10-20 years..
My questions is who decides what belongs to who ?
Is it just whoever gets there first ?
http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/proj?rm=he3&s=1
check out the video, covers how it would be mined, used and why its wanted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3