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Russia Eyes The Moon for Future Energy Needs

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posted on Oct, 30 2006 @ 01:20 AM
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I think you have to get a license to fly a rocket anywhere on Earth nowadays.

That doesn't mean it can't be done. Just apply!



posted on Jan, 5 2007 @ 12:41 PM
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In case you are wondering what the hell Helium-3 is and how it works in a nuclear reaction:



You're familiar with helium gas as the stuff we use to blow up blimps and balloons. Normal helium has 2 protons and 2 neutrons in its nucleus, giving it an atomic weight of 4.

Now, if you kick out one of neutrons, you get helium-3. This happens once in a while in very energetic nuclear reactors, especially the sun. The sun produces helium by fusing hydrogen atoms together, but about one in every ten thousand helium atoms comes out missing a neutron.

He3 casts lustful eyes upon that neutron in the deuterium, and will grab it if it gets a chance. We give it a chance by introducing the He3 to the deuterium at a high temperature.

The deuterium and helium-3 atoms come together to give off a proton and helium-4. The products weigh less than the initial components; the missing mass is converted to energy. 1 kg of helium-3 burned with 0.67 kg of deuterium gives us about 19 megawatt-years of energy output.

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So Deuterium has 1 proton and 1 neutron. The He3 wants the 1 neutron from Deuterium.



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