RE: [Utah-astronomy] Bush: Back to Moon
Actually, its called Helium-3. For example, see: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/helium3_000630.html
-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 11:04 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bush: Back to Moon
--- David Dunn <david.dunn@albertsons.com> wrote:
I also remember watching a show on Discovery where an astronaut talked about mining for fuel on the Moon. If I remember correctly, he said that a shuttle cargo bay full of this material would provide for the energy needs of the USA for a year.
Wow, then it's got to be Uranium (or Dilithium Crystals!)...
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Thanks, Dale, I'm familiar with Helium-3. Didn't know (or forgot) that it existed in large quantities on the moon. It has very unusual properties, for example it can flow in both directions in a tube at the same time! I recall that about 25 years ago there was a lot of interest in it, then it sort of petered-out and I didn't see it mentioned much in the lay journals (S.A.). C. --- Dale Hooper <Dale.Hooper@sdl.usu.edu> wrote:
Actually, its called Helium-3.
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Dale Hooper wrote:
Actually, its called Helium-3. For example, see:
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
--- Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net> wrote:
I get by ok in astronomy but I sure wish I knew more chemistry...
Or in the case of helium-3, physics. ;) C. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus
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