Should we mine Helium 3 on the Moon?

[Benny L (Ben)]

Originally Posted by GTB_an_Owl

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hell no i'm having fun with my 5.4 Ltr V8 for as long as possible

I think mine whats necessary but i dont want to see the man in the moon get pimples because of overmining

[Astro78]

So Doc,

Are you a physicist btw? Forgive me for asking - genuine question no sarcasm. You seem to have offered some great information.

If what your saying is right then shouldn't we (one day) be able to manufacture our own nanotubes with similar properties to these "buckyballs" and harvest from space and not necessarily require to mine from the moon?

[joshman (Josh)]

Originally Posted by Astro78

So Doc,

Are you a physicist btw? Forgive me for asking - genuine question no sarcasm. You seem to have offered some great information.

If what your saying is right then shouldn't we (one day) be able to manufacture our own nanotubes with similar properties to these "buckyballs" and harvest from space and not necessarily require to mine from the moon?

mmmm, i was thinking along the same line, why spend the trillions of dollars required to set up a full mining and refining 0peration on the moon, when it would be far cheaper (most likely) to invent (or implement) some kind of collection device in space? that would be a hell of alot smarter, especially if this He3 is indeed contained within the solar winds!

of course the size of your collector would need to be massive!

[OneOfOne (Trevor)]

Actually, maybe we could make a huge "sail" big enough to block out the Moon and I would assume if it was made from "bucky balls" it would be black...oh the moonless nights!

[joshman (Josh)]

oh i like that idea....but what shall the rest of us moon hunters do? maybe they could do a 50/50 type deal? obsure the moon for half of each month, then not, for the other half, that way when it's too bright to observe, we can all be inside processing images and socialising with family and friends...

i like this idea...