Moonwatch

[ailie]

Did one of these in Scotland last night, fascinating.
If it's all about harnessing Helium3 as a new energy source can someone fill me in about the colonisation (I found the use of that word worrying!), the contamination and whatever the space equivilent term for globalisation is?

[jake-the-peg]

Not convinced about the economics of harvesting Helium 3 from the moon.

The fusion reactions with Helium 3 are the best but you can produce it by neutron bombardment from Lithium which strikes me as a much better way than attempting to harvest the very small amounts on the moon

It's only 10 parts per billion!

I think the people who are on for this are really people who are looking for a justification for manned space exploration rather than people with a real financial interest.

[ailie]

That makes me feel better, I had the worrying thought that we might repeat the mistakes of a previous century. So its the rich men's playground? 'spose it beats Marbella!