Did you hear that their is an adundant Isotope on the moon that can replace Oil as an energy source ?

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/01/wmoon01.xml
Russia sees moon plot in Nasa plans

Mankind's second race for the moon took on a distinctly Cold War feel yesterday when the Russian space agency accused its old rival Nasa of rejecting a proposal for joint lunar exploration.

The claim comes amid suspicion in Moscow that the United States is seeking to deny Russia access to an isotope in abundance under the moon's surface that many believe could replace fossil fuels and even end the threat of global warming.

Do we have any Astro Geologists that can confirm this ? AMERICA SAVE THE DAY AGAIN !

Answer 1

Assume that there is an abundant free source of energy on the moon that is easy to harvest. We still need to factor in the cost of getting to this resource, processing it and returning it to Earth. Such activity would make the resources next to worthless. If such an abundant resource did exist, then it may be of use to the planned permanent science station on the moon.

It was the Soviet Union that put the first man in space, not Russia. The Russian space agency is a shadow of its former glory and it is no longer capable of open competition with NASA. The Russians are well aware of this decline in capability. The USA is not under any obligation to offer charity to the Russian space agency. If the Russians want to go back to the moon as partners with the USA then they must pull their weight and not resort to Cold War propaganda like a belligerent child.

Answer 2

Wrong again smart guys. YES there is He3 there on the moon. It covers the entire surface. Since the earth has an atmosphere, not much gets through. And some of it skims along our upper atmospheres. Not in any high concentration.

But the moon, idiots, doesnt have an atmosphere, and nothing to stop He3 from settling to the surface where there is NO surface movement or winds. Save a few rocks that might hit it.

Although it is more abundant there, it would be difficult to harvest it.

Fusion Reactors ARE working, and plans to build more facilities are on the table, but not official or funded yet. Fusion looks to be the most promising source of ENERGY, not saying propulsion for ICE engines... that we have yet. Ethanol is nice, biodiesel is good, fission wont happen, and antimatter is just silly.

The fusion rocket engine is at this time the better means of propulsion for a spacecraft that we have.

Though the plasma field has not reached 400 seconds of stability yet, theyre getting alot closer. The first few tests were hitting fractions of a second. Now they have sustained a few minutes. When it gets stable it still might not be able to power itself, or might. As for the excess energy that we need, it will be easier to develop that leg of the project once the plasma becomes stable and self-sustained.

Surveyor.. were you privy to the fact that we have successfully sustained an amount of heat within the fusion reactor 100 times hotter than the surface of our sun? And that the Z-Pinch project went even higher than that? Z-Pinch control might be the answer that we need for everything, since it blew scientists away with what it could do.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_machine
There look that up.

OUR SUN
Surface temperature 5785 Kelvin
Temperature of corona 5 Million Kelvin
Core temperature ~13.6 Million Kelvin

Oh.. whats that article say? that the Z-Pinch achieved 2 Billion Kelvin? or 3.6 Billion degrees Fahrenheit.

Boy.. when you know as much as a Fusion Follower and keep track of all the advancements, the future seems a little more interesting and promising.

Answer 3

>Did you hear that their is an adundant Isotope on the moon that can replace Oil as an energy source ?

Well, the fact is, helium 3 CAN'T replace oil just yet. Why? Quite simply because we have not developed any fusion reactors that can produce more energy than they consume, and those reactors we have run use hydrogen rather than helium. Unless we want to get energy by detonating underground bombs, some amount of new technology will be required in order to use helium 3 to get energy from.

Answer 4

Wrong wrong wrong!

They are talking about fusion power.

Wrong, we have not yet invented any fusion reactor that works.

Wrong, Helium 3 is not abundant on the Moon. It is very rare on the Earth. It is less rare on the Moon, but by no stretch of the imagination is it abundant, even on the Moon.

Wrong, we have no reactor that can use Helium3. Anyway, there are other fuels that could be used in fusion reactors, such as boron, that are just as clean and that are plentiful on Earth.

Answer 5

Before we decide that Helium-3 can be used to solve the world's energy woes, perhaps we should worry about first creating a sustained fusion reaction. Can't quite do that yet.

That article reads like it came from Pravda, or as some like to call it, the Russian Enquirer.

Answer 6

In my opinion, it would be ridiculous to mine something from the moon that would cost more to mine than it would be worth. He3 is only useful in fusion reactions which require more pressure and heat than we can safely provide here on earth. The fact is that our sun is an ongoing fusion reaction that has been taken for granted. The sun is the most wasted energy source here on earth. We don't need a fusion reactor; there is one a safe 93 million miles away generating enough energy for all of us. The answer to our energy problem is to stop depending on fossil fuel for energy. Our addiction to oil has created the richest and most powerful companies on the planet. They control our government, leaving us hopelessly caught up in their plan to make themselves richer while destroying our environment with the pollution caused by burning these fossil fuels. I think that if we pursue solar energy to the fullest extent, we can take away their power and possibly save the planet from both poverty and pollution.

Answer 7

That may refer to He3, an isotope of helium that is deposited on the moon's surface by the solar wind.

Answer 8

Yes, its called Imaginarium

It decays into Conspiratorium and Absurdium emitting a Paranoia particle in the process.

Answer 9

I'm not a geologist, but this sounds totally preposterous to me.

Are we going to build a pipeline to the moon to get all this wonderful stuff to earth?

Answer 10

I can sell you shares of the Brooklyn bridge, also real estate in Florida