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Helium-3 mining on Moon: A new frontier for science and geopolitics (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 20 hours ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Going to be some very expensive gas.

"Apollo samples typically showed helium-3 concentrations measured in parts per billion. That means enormous volumes of regolith must be processed to extract useful gas. The basic industrial recipe is straightforward on paper. "

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[โ€“] victorz@lemmy.world -3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

All the moon does it control the tide.

Yah!! ๐Ÿ˜œ That's not all though, surely.

[โ€“] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 0 points 3 hours ago

We could lower the entire lunar surface by several meter and not have a dent in the tidal effect