Actually, its called Helium-3. For example, see: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/helium3_000630.html
-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Hards [mailto:chuckhards@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 11:04 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Bush: Back to Moon
--- David Dunn <david.dunn@albertsons.com> wrote:
I also remember watching a show on Discovery where an astronaut talked about mining for fuel on the Moon. If I remember correctly, he said that a shuttle cargo bay full of this material would provide for the energy needs of the USA for a year.
Wow, then it's got to be Uranium (or Dilithium Crystals!)...
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