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“ If the Moon ’ s resources are going to be helpful , they are going to be helpful beyond the surface of the moon itself .”
“ It ’ s quite complicated ,” he told Space . com . “ It ’ s not simple at all .”
Why the Moon ? One of the main attractions for Moon mining is helium-3 . According to many Chinese scientists , it could help “ solve energy demand for 10,000 years at least .” The helium isotope , which gets embedded in the upper layer of lunar regolith by the solar wind over billions of years , could be pivotal in powering still-to-be-built nuclear fusion reactors here on Earth . In addition , there are no neutrons generated as a reaction product , meaning protons that do get generated have charge , and can therefore be safely
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