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Lunar Helium 3 Could Meet Earth's Energy Demands
starannihilator writes "Helium 3, rare on the earth but abundant on the moon, may prove to be a feasible energy source with NASA's Moon-Mars initiative. Despite the American Physical Society's Report that the initiative harms science, the moon may actually benefit humans because it contains 10 times more energy than all the fossil fuels on earth. Long hailed as a potential source of energy, and outlined in detail by the Artemis Project, helium 3 may solve earth's energy crisis without any radioactive byproducts. The only problem: the reactor technology for converting helium 3 to energy is still in its infancy. Read more about the Artemis Project's information about fusion power from the moon here." Reader muditgarg points out that India has just hosted a global conference on Moon exploration and utilization, and adds a link to this related story on KeralaNext.
If we start "mining" the moon, we will never figure out how all this energy got there in the frist place. The moon belongs in a museum!
To transport the helium, just put it all in a balloon and drop it toward earth...
Wait a second...
500GB of disk, 5TB of transfer, $5.95/mo
That all of that cheese up there would be the fuel that saved the Earth!
BTW, I thought cheese generally produced methane when broken down?
...can be found in the Methane from Uranus. Talk about renewable. In spades.
I'm missing something in the article - what part of this are the leftists going to complain about? Nuclear? Increase in overall heat on the planet? Mankind will think their way out of the energy crisis; just like every other problem in the past. All with out drinking bottled water in our hybrid cars. I expect some mod abuse here by those with unlimited mod points - I really wish they would release the meta-mod statistics on mod performed in the first 10 minutes after a new story.
So we're going to fly to the moon, pick up some feul, and hopfully fly back without any problems. Can the ship carry more helium 3 than the feul it needs to get there and back? Otherwise it seems like a compleate waste.
1000s of scientists start to sob "daimn! we didn't think of that..."
No, that would assume he's actually interested in alternative energy sources.
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
Ok, good. Because seeing how much some people hate H2, it'd be pretty hard to convince them to allow scientists to perfect H3.
(Sorry)
"When the atomic bomb goes off there's devastation...but when the atomic bong goes off there's celebraaaaation!"
We do not live back then. We live in November 27, 2004.
We live in 4641, you insensitive clod!
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
I think it's about time we bring our democracy values and love of freedom to the moon.
You keep forgetting that the enemy always attack the lone harvester.. we'd have to send guarding ships.
Or in other words: automatic, automatic, automatic? are you insane?
As a vegan wiccan spirtual guide, with a deep knowledge of naturopathic wisdom, a solid foundation in crystal theory and application, and strong belief that humans not part of the natural world (and should therefor leave it alone) - I implore you to leave the moon in peace. She is a sweet silver virgin - it would be the height of hubris to allow her rape by man. We should all return to nature, live in the forest, and let mother earth and her moon sister guide our life choices.
What changed under Obama? Nothing Good
Go ahead and mark me flamebait, but remember this: President Bush won! Four more years of excellent, competent leadership. Your loser candidates lost, and President Bush will pack the Supreme Court and rollback the creeping totalitarianism of the past seventy years in this country. He will finish the job that President Reagan gloriously started in 1981.
You lefties are finished. You may as well follow-through on your threats and leave the country because you are no longer welcome here.