Mine The Moon For Helium-3

Rob Kennedy writes "A story at The Daily Cardinal is reporting that UW-Madison researchers are looking to mine the moon for helium-3 as an energy source, which supposedly would yield about 1000 times more energy per pound than coal. Although there are several hurdles that would need to be cleared, The Associated Press mentions one catch in particular: 'The researchers still are working on building a helium-3 reactor that would produce more energy than it takes in.' Indeed. SciScoop has a more in-depth discussion of the prospect."

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Re:Halliburton anyone?

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Any other cynics out there thinking some Haliburton exec read some popular science mag and talk Cheney/Bush to annex the Moon for them quick?

In other news, President Bush declared the Moon-men "part of the axis of evil" and has announced the start of "Operation Loony Freedom", to liberate Earth's satelite from "Moon-men tear-or-wrists with nooky-leer Weapons of Mass Moon Destruction (WMMDs)".

Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld was quoted as saying that, for reasons of national security, all energy concessions on the Moon have already been assigned to Halliburton in no-bid contracts.

Under the auspices of the "Stopping Lunarian Aggression Patriot Act", Reichsminister Ashcroft has announced the suspension of habeas corpus "for the duration". All non-Christians are required to report for "special licensing".