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

[John Clark]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 3:53 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

* >> T*he 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.*


I hope so but even practical Deuterium/Tritium fusion power has proven to
be extremely difficult to achieve, and it's easier than Aneutronic Fusion.
Even if it does become a practical source of electrical power Helium-3
would face competition from an element that is far easier to obtain, Boron
(20 Mule Team Borax is full of it) because Boron can also achieve
Aneutronic Fusion, although it wouldn't be easy.

 John K Clark
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