Alert icon
We're changing our privacy policy. This stuff matters.  Learn more  Dismiss

Helium 3 mining the moon 2024 Part 1 of 2

Loading...

Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon
Upgrade to the latest Flash Player for improved playback performance. Upgrade now or more info.
30,982
Loading...
Alert icon
Sign in or sign up now!
Alert icon

Uploaded by on Jan 21, 2009

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130402814393&ref=nf
NASA's planned moon base announced in 2006 could pave the way for deeper space exploration to Mars, but one of the biggest beneficiaries may be the terrestrial energy industry.

Nestled among the agency's 200-point mission goals is a proposal to mine the moon for fuel used in fusion reactors -- futuristic power plants that have been demonstrated in proof-of-concept but are likely decades away from commercial deployment.

Helium-3 is considered a safe, environmentally friendly fuel candidate for these generators, and while it is scarce on Earth it is plentiful on the moon.

Link to this comment:

Share to:

Uploader Comments (UFOBevy)

  • would taking mass amounts of rock from the moon and putting it on earth increase earths mass? If it does, would it increase earths gravity?

  • @NicenEasyuk @NicenEasyuk A lot of people have made comments regarding mankind destroying the moon if we mine Helium3. If we do mine Helium3 only a thin top layer of the surface is removed, This is then heated and the Helium 3 is extracted, the remaining Dust,soil or rock is then disposed back on the moons surface.

    Eventually over thousands of years the surface will naturally absorb Helium3 once again form the suns rays..

    Hopefully we would have long moved on by then to other outer planets.

  • how do you contain helium3

  • @msangelareid

    Helium 3 can be handled and stored the same way liquid helium is.

Top Comments

  • @Designandrew Ya muslims are not really into space. : (

    I was pissed when NYC got a Space Shuttle and we (Houston) did not. Playing politics with our lives, thanks Kenya's finest!

see all

All Comments (168)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • Helium three bubbles from the deep sea! And he is produced by fields of green crops

  • Do any of you watch or read the material before commenting? I love the people that think we will be transporting Rock back to earth. Or that we'll be mining Tritium, and saying it won't work because it has a half life of 6 years. The Fusion combination we will be using is Helium 3 and Deuterium. Do any of you realize the Massive energy requirments projected by 2050? We need to make the hard decisions, invest and move forward. Now!

  • There is one fundamental problem with producing the energy on the moon and then beaming it via microwaves to earth. As I understand there are 3 types of fusion. 1st Combining Deuterium with Tritium. 2nd Helium 3 with Deuterium (far less Radioactive waste) and 3rd combining Helium 3 with Helium 3 (perfect reaction. NO radioactive waste). The third is beyond us atm.So the 2nd is viable.Where are you going to get the Deuterium on the moon? It is an element that occures in bodies of water on Earth.

  • @MyZoosh they only make 8000 liters a year

  • @hayden50 The modern aircraft (at least passenger and cargo) have a hull that will reflect these kinds of beams. As far as money is concerned, it would eventually be cheaper to manufacture the energy on the moon and send it via beams of energy rather than transporting the actual helium 3

  • @PaperMoneyShow  i have a question : what happens to an aircraft that fly through these microwaves & infrared rays?

  • These guys are doing it wrong! You do not mine the Helium-3 and bring it back to earth to turn it into energy. You mine it on the moon, fuse it there, and send the energy as microwaves or infa red rays giving us 80% of the energy from the reaction. While this method seems like you are losing 20%, you might as well add in the cost of the trip to and from the moon. Its much easier to send the energy as waves rather than by shipments.

  • I hope we can soon go to jupiter for helium 3 in the future. After we mine the moon for it

  • @Designandrew The US is broke you didn't read the memo?

    Maybe if Washington stop creating new wars abroad there will be some money left for the space program.

Loading...

Alert icon
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more