re: At this point, Helium 3 is a pantload.

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Chris Vancil — 11/6/2005 9:50:08 AM (archived)

There are current applications in material sciences for He3. But we can make it here cheaper than we could dig it and process it on the Moon.

And as I understnd it isn't an easy process.

So even if He3 somehow was the answer to fusion it make no sense to look for it on the Moon currently.

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Its a race! - Sport - 11/5/2005 4:34:54 AM
- re: Its a race! - but is it??? - Marcus Massey - 11/7/2005 1:43:11 PM
- At this point, Helium 3 is a pantload. - Tom Brosz - 11/6/2005 7:21:12 AM
  - I once used 5 litres of He3 in an experiment I was doing... - R.L.\ - 11/8/2005 6:28:02 PM
  - re: At this point, Helium 3 is a pantload. - Chris Vancil - 11/6/2005 9:50:08 AM
    - Fusing He3 - Adam - 11/6/2005 9:17:55 PM
- Is that good or bad? - McFly - 11/5/2005 6:18:38 PM
  - re: Is that good or bad? - Jacob Samorodin - 11/5/2005 8:14:05 PM
    - But fusion power is only 10 years away. - Lee - 11/6/2005 2:54:21 AM
    - Competition vs cooperation - McFly - 11/6/2005 12:40:02 AM
      - Competition is a good thing - Buck Galaxy - 11/7/2005 9:21:55 AM
        
        No! Competition is a bad thing - Nemo - 11/7/2005 5:23:59 PM
        
        Hmmm...that's quite the finding, Nemo - McFly - 11/7/2005 6:44:46 PM
        
        Um, that's what I said (same as your post, not the title of your post). (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 11/7/2005 5:50:49 PM

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