Spaceflight 🚀<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Reuters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Reuters</span></a> 📆 August 11, 2023 <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Helium3" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Helium3</span></a> is an isotope of helium that is rare on earth, but <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NASA</span></a> says there are estimates of a million tonnes of it on the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>moon</span></a> 🌙. This isotope could provide nuclear energy 🔋 in a fusion reactor but since it is not radioactive it would not produce dangerous waste.<br /><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RareEarthMetals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RareEarthMetals</span></a> - used in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smartphones</span></a> 📱, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>computers</span></a> 💻 and advanced technologies - are present on the moon 🌙, including scandium, yttrium and the 15 lanthanides <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/moon-mining-why-major-powers-are-eyeing-lunar-gold-rush-2023-08-11" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/technology/space/m</span><span class="invisible">oon-mining-why-major-powers-are-eyeing-lunar-gold-rush-2023-08-11</span></a></p><p>Picture : <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BuzzAldrin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BuzzAldrin</span></a> speaking with NASA's Rob Mueller about the lunar/martian/asteroid mining <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/robot" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>robot</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RASSOR" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RASSOR</span></a> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rob_Mueller_and_Buzz_Aldrin_with_RASSOR.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil</span><span class="invisible">e:Rob_Mueller_and_Buzz_Aldrin_with_RASSOR.jpg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SpaceMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceMining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/MoonMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoonMining</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AsteroidMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AsteroidMining</span></a></p>