Comments on: Step One https://blog.speculist.com/space/step-one.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Stephen Gordon https://blog.speculist.com/space/step-one.html#comment-249 Stephen Gordon Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:35:00 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=200#comment-249 I understand that the reason helium-3 fusion is still theoretical is that its rarer than hen’s teeth here on Earth.

We may have to go on faith until we have enough from the Moon to begin testing. The scientists seem confident that it’ll work:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/helium3_000630.html

Oh, and in reference to THE MASTER PLAN: Bwahahahahaha!

]]> By: Phil Bowermaster https://blog.speculist.com/space/step-one.html#comment-248 Phil Bowermaster Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:05:23 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=200#comment-248 Well, granted, it would be pretty embarrassing to start full-scale mining operations and then not be able to do anything with the stuff. But I think it’s probably a good idea to plan and even work on these things in parallel.

]]> By: Enphilistor https://blog.speculist.com/space/step-one.html#comment-247 Enphilistor Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:31:01 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=200#comment-247 Hmmmm . . . shouldn’t we get the whole fusion thing working first, before we start drawing up plans for Helium-3 mining operations? Not that I wouldn’t like to see this happen, but we’re putting the quadruped before the wheeled-conveyance a bit, aren’t we?

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