He3 from Moon regolith

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Thread: He3 from Moon regolith

# 10043 bydante_feditech@... on May 24, 2007, 4:06 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

> From: Chris Smyth
> The main thrust for returning to the Moon
> is the relative abundance of He3.

Unfortunately it is possible that HE3 will not be needed for fusion
reactors, and that boron-photon reactors could be built instead for a
fraction of the cost. Mr Bussard's Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion
seems a good alternative at present. As do the old SSPS studies.

John