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Former Blue Origin Employees Want to Harvest Helium-3 From the Moon

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Over billions of years, the surface of the Moon has been bombarded by solar wind, carrying high-energy particles that include a highly coveted resource, helium-3. Although the element is scarce on Earth, it has recently become in demand by several industries, including those working on quantum computing and nuclear fusion reactors. Moon Knight Gives Us … Read more

Ex-Blue Origin leaders’ secretive lunar startup Interlune has moonshot mining plans

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Interlune, a stealth startup headed by ex-Blue Origin executives, is focused on mining the moon for a rare isotope of helium that could be used to scale quantum computing and eventually even fusion power, TechCrunch has learned. Regulatory filings reported here last week showed that the company recently closed $15.5 million in new capital; before … Read more