[ExI] What happens to US space programs after November?

[Giulio Prisco]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 10:05 PM John Clark via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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The only thing I can think of that you could mine on the moon that
would be worth taking back to earth would be Helium-3, and even then
only when Aneutronic Fusion becomes feasible.
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There are promising indications that using helium-3 in fusion reactors
could be the way to achieve practical nuclear fusion. Further
developments have been funded by large energy companies and could
create a huge market for lunar helium-3.

http://news.mit.edu/2017/mit-plasma-research-collaboration-gives-fusion-heating-boost-0821
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a27961/mit-nuclear-fusion-experiment-increases-efficiency/
http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-newly-formed-company-launch-novel-approach-fusion-power-0309