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The moon is harboring billions of dollars’ worth of Helium-3, a critical component for nuclear fusion. India’s space agency wants to be the first to mine it. Continue reading India Is Launching a Rover to the Moon to Look for Nuclear Fusion Fuel
Invariably when we write about living on Mars, some ask why not go to the Moon instead? It’s much closer and has a generous selection of minerals. But its lack of an atmosphere adds to or exacerbates the problems we’d experience on Mars. Here, therefore, is a fun thought experiment about that age-old dream of living on the Moon.
The Moon has even less radiation protection than Mars, having practically no atmosphere. The lack of atmosphere also means that more micrometeorites make it to ground level. One way to handle these issues is to bury structures under …read more
