"Ex-Blue Origin President Leads Helium-3 Moon Mining Startup"
TL;DR
Former Blue Origin employees have founded a startup called Interlune, aiming to harvest helium-3 from the Moon to meet the growing demand for the rare resource in industries such as quantum computing and nuclear fusion. With $15 million in funding, the company plans to design a robotic lander to verify helium-3 levels on the Moon and become the first to extract and sell natural resources from space. While NASA also has plans for lunar resource exploration, the lack of regulations poses potential risks to the lunar environment.
Topics:technologyspace-exploration#helium-3#interlune#lunar-economy#moon#space-exploration#space-resources
- Former Blue Origin Employees Want to Harvest Helium-3 From the Moon Gizmodo
- Interlune says it’s raised millions to mine Helium-3 on the moon The Washington Post
- A Startup Will Try to Mine Helium-3 on the Moon WIRED
- Mining helium-3 on the Moon has been talked about forever—now a company will try Ars Technica
- Former Blue Origin President Leads Helium-3 Moon Mining Mission Aviation Week
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