[Utah-astronomy] Helium 3 for the chemically challenged

Dale Hooper wrote:

Actually, its called Helium-3. For example, see:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/helium3_000630.html

Thanks for posting that, Dale. I've been asked about mining helium 3 and could only provide a vague answer. However, being "chemically challenged" I then had to find what helium 3 is so I found the following link that told me that Helium 3 is a light weight isotope of helium (helium light?): http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3 'Course I then had to figure out what an isotope is. I knew that is the name of the nuclear power plant's baseball team on the Simpsons but that didn't help. After a little searching I did find the answer here: http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotope I get by ok in astronomy but I sure wish I knew more chemistry... Patrick