http://www.wired.com/news/technology...?tw=wn_index_1
Quote:
NASA's planned moon base announced last week could pave the way for deeper space exploration to Mars, but one of the biggest beneficiaries may be the terrestrial energy industry.
Nestled among the agency's 200-point mission goals is a proposal to mine the moon for fuel used in fusion reactors -- futuristic power plants that have been demonstrated in proof-of-concept but are likely decades away from commercial deployment.
Helium-3 is considered a safe, environmentally friendly fuel candidate for these generators, and while it is scarce on Earth it is plentiful on the moon.
As a result, scientists have begun to consider the practicality of mining lunar Helium-3 as a replacement for fossil fuels.
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Remember that film with Samantha Mumba, where the moon was mined and in the end it broke apart. Timemachine it was called and they had to use it to get to the future, where people had gone back to basic style living thanks to the massive destruction caused by the moon being desroyed. Based on that, I'd rather they got the nano light converters working!