Submitted 1 day ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://interestingengineering.com/science/mining-the-moon-for-helium3
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. "
Lunarians can never go back to Earth because their bones will be so weak…
Yet another reason we’ll never move into space. That’s where Bio of a Space Tyrant gets it right. Humans are able to harness gravity and make it variable. If we could do that, 95% of solar system exploration issues are magically gone.
Both have placed lunar exploration high on their national agendas and explicitly tied it to future technological and strategic advantage.
As the US practically guts NASA...
Making the same mistake the Soviets did with their space program. It was more important as national prestige than doing the actual building blocks that get you to the next steps. NASA had far, far more spillover effects into the nation at large.
The last tankie I mentioned this to retorted “Russia had weather satellites”. Yes, they’re adorable.
Oh no
Please demonstrate working and economic terrestrial energy generation using He-3 fusion first.
Yeah, that’s the thing. He-3 is a second generation fusion technology. We don’t even have net power positive first generation fusion.
Great when we get there, but there are steps we need first.
SoyjacksPointing.jpg Netrunner irl?
Hey, I played this game once.
The launch to 23 seconds was the greatest game ever. So many incredible designs, leading to incredible moments. I’m still using my day job playmatfor winter 2015.
Then they fucked it up with board wipes and resource hate, and unconditional tagging.
New frontier, my sweaty arse.
I was reading about helium-3 mining in the same magazine for children where I was reading about “The Mummy” filming process, genetically modified small tigers as pets in the future, reconfigurable clothes made of nanobots, aliens and Median state.
Or maybe in a bit different one, both were cool, one was more “popular science” minded, another was yellowish, but entertaining. The former was called “Young erudite”, the latter “Miracles and mysteries of the planet Earth”. Honestly I think I’m going to look them up, if they are still printed. Perhaps get a subscription.
Time to play Anno 2205
We cannot be fucking with our moon, else we will shoot our own ecosystems in the foot.
All the moon does it control the tide.
It’s a barren irradiated, lifeless rock.
Short of blowing it up, to my knowledge there is virtually nothing we could do on said moon that would affect us at all on earth.
All the moon does it control the tide.
Yah!! 😜 That’s not all though, surely.
It’s been a bit since I watched Moon. Fantastic film about the future moon miner.
Iron Sky!
Remember when the idea of the nazis coming back was still funny?
just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I saw this movie…
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 1 day ago
For All Mankind
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
They said movie. It was Moon (2009) directed by Duncan Jones and starring Sam Rockwell.
robolemmy@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For All Mankind
Do
loop bodyDone
just_another_person@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Moon