Originally Posted by
Anton Chigurh
Which, is exactly what we would be making H-3 out of, were we to do so. If you've been reading.
I'm on no bandwagon. I merely pointed out that if we DO achieve fusion on a useable scale, Deuterium WILL be the fuel. Because it is the only one we can make cheaply, and the only one whose elements are vastly abundant on earth.
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Which brings us back to this linked info from 2011, certainly not debunked back in 2006.-Tyr
Also the possibility that there exists far more helium 3 there than estimated, since our son has been depositing it there for over 3 billion years.-Tyr
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-07-21/t...rch?_s=PM:TECH
Could the moon provide clean energy for Earth?
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
LinkedIn July 21, 2011|By Steve Almasy, CNN
Gerald Kulcinski, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, holds the grid for his team's fusion device.Gerald Kulcinski has a big problem.
The nuclear engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin needs a rare element to fuel his research into a fusion reactor.But the cost of the isotope -- helium-3 -- is rising faster than a rocket headed to space. A few years ago it was $1,000 a gram, this year it is $7,000 and next year, well, he assumes it will be tens of thousands of dollars.There are only about 30 kilograms of 3He on Earth, Kulcinski said. Most helium-3 comes as a byproduct of tritium, used in nuclear weapons, so the exact figure is secret.
Governments covet helium-3 because it works well in sensors that detect the presence of nuclear material, such as the ones that scan incoming cargo at the nation's borders and ports.
"Worldwide demand is very high, the supply is fixed and going down, and those of us who are trying using helium-3 for research purposes are paying very high prices," said Kulcinski, who is the director of the Fusion Technology Institute. "It'll basically shut off university activity pretty soon because we won't be able to afford it."
The Kulcinski team's approach toward creating fusion is unique. Ninety-nine percent of research is geared toward using deuterium and tritium together. But using helium-3 instead of tritium would be much safer and drastically cut the chance of nuclear weapons proliferation. If 3He-3He fusion works, there would be no radioactive waste.
A breakthrough would be huge, but the team needs more years and more helium-3.
The thing is that there are tons of helium-3 -- on the moon. About 1 million tons, Kulcinski said, adding that we also have a pretty good idea as to where the 3He is on the moon.
We would know precisely how many trillions of dollars of the stuff is there if someone goes back to the moon and establishes a base there.
"A few years ago we thought we were going back soon but that's all changed now," he said.
NASA at a crossroads Apollo 17 astronaut and geologist Harrison Schmitt said the United States is behind in the race to return to the surface of the moon. Schmitt, who is the author of "Return to the Moon," has come to the conclusion that NASA's best days are a part of history and it would be best to start over.
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