That’s part of the reason a moon base could be viable. The sun outputs a reasonable amount of helium 3, which is great for fusion reactions. Unfortunately it tends to sit at the top of our atmosphere and get blown away again. On the moon, it gets captured by the dust in collectable quantities.
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_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 month agoWhat I’m hearing is that we should mine the sun and make better use of all that fuel.
cynar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just make sure you do it at night.