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Mining the moon for Helium-3, how real the prospecting and can you make a business case for such an undertaking?

There are several firms resolute that mining for Helium-3 (He-3) on the moon is a true money-maker of a possibility. But is there an economic return on investment in scouring Earth’s moon for that natural resource? Do we need Helium-3, and if so, for what?

For details, go to my new Space.com story – “Mining the moon: Can you make money harvesting helium-3?” – at:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/mining-the-moon-can-you-make-money-harvesting-helium-3