Mining the moon for helium-3: How real is the prospect, and is there a business case for such an undertaking?

Seattle startup Interlune's newly unveiled machine is designed to churn up 110 tons (100 metric tons) of moon dirt per hour ...

Two of Blue Origin's earliest employees, former president Rob Meyerson and chief architect Gary Lai, have started a company that seeks to extract helium-3 from the lunar surface, return it to Earth, ...

There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years away. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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The terrestrial option is to manufacture it. You make tritium, and then you let it sit around in tanks for a few years to decay into helium 3. We know how to do that now, it's just that the "tanks" ...

Artificial Moonquakes on demand could help scientists investigate below the lunar surface. Here’s what they hope to find ...