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#Reuters 📆 August 11, 2023 #Helium3 is an isotope of helium that is rare on earth, but #NASA says there are estimates of a million tonnes of it on the #moon 🌙. This isotope could provide nuclear energy 🔋 in a fusion reactor but since it is not radioactive it would not produce dangerous waste.
#RareEarthMetals - used in #smartphones 📱, #computers 💻 and advanced technologies - are present on the moon 🌙, including scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanides https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/moon-mining-why-major-powers-are-eyeing-lunar-gold-rush-2023-08-11

Picture : #BuzzAldrin speaking with NASA's Rob Mueller about the lunar/martian/asteroid mining #robot #RASSOR https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rob_Mueller_and_Buzz_Aldrin_with_RASSOR.jpg

#SpaceMining #MoonMining #AsteroidMining