Stonehead Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 UW researchers claim moon will provide nation with energy Moon map aids discovery The red indicates an abundance of helium-3 on the Moon's surface The Artemis Project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 If we can figure out how to make fusion work by producing more energy than is used. If we can get back to the moon. If we can figure out how to mine the helium-3 economically and get it back to earth. If we had some ham, we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehead Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 UW-Madison nuclear engineering Professor and Director of the Fusion Technology Institute Gerald Kulcinski and Fusion Technology Institute Professor John Santarius said the rocks on the moon hold helium-3, an energy source approximately 1 million times more powerful than coal. Under their plan, astronauts would fill a space shuttle with canisters full of the rock. Because the helium-3 exists only on first few feet of the moon's surface, it would need to be gathered horizontally over the moon's exterior. One cargo supply would provide the United States with all the electricity it needs for a year, according to the scientists. They predict the moon has enough energy to last the U.S. over 1,000 years. Additionally, the endeavour would be environmentally friendly as it creates no greenhouse emissions. Because President Bush is currently considering contructing a lunar base, Kulcinski and Santarius said using the moon as an energy source may be a serious possibility. --source above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehead Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 (edited) If we can figure out how to make fusion work by producing more energy than is used. If we can get back to the moon. If we can figure out how to mine the helium-3 economically and get it back to earth. If we had some ham, we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs. See link to Artemis Project. Also check this page. . Edited January 23, 2004 by Stonehead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 "let's assume that the He3 fusion plants have been proved out..." We aren't any closer to fusion as a power source than we were 30 years ago. It has been estimated that it will take another 100 years to develop the technology. We may blow our selves up with nukes long before then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehead Posted January 23, 2004 Author Share Posted January 23, 2004 Perhaps. But you could be overly conservative with respect to the accelerating pace of technological breakthrough and pessimistic with regards to nuclear annihilation. Leave it to the Canadians to suggest other ways of addressing the energy issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whirlwind Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 wonder what mars rock are made of? might be able to power a ship back if we can get there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 dude is sneaking around the rock to put up the moon's first V14 on the overhanging side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Imagine what you could climb if gravity was one sixth that on earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 imagine how fast you could spray with no atmosphere to impede the droplets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Them snaffles got the right idea - start working with that magnetism. First it's a blind vole or mole or whatever sensing it, next it's V20 hardman using polarizing in his quiver of tricks to send Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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