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Scientific paper
Oct 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990dres.iafcr....k&link_type=abstract
IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 41st, Dresden, Federal Republic of Germany, Oct. 6-12, 1990. 7 p. Research supported
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Energy Technology, Fusion Reactors, Lunar Bases, Lunar Resources, Helium Isotopes, Power Beaming, Resources Management, Rocket Engine Design
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It is shown that the moon contains an enormous energy source in He-3 deposited by the solar wind. Fusion of only 100 kg of He-3 with deuterium (D) in thermonuclear fusion power plants can produce more than 1000 MW(e) years of electrical energy, and the lunar resource base is estimated at 1 billion kg of He-3. This fuel can supply more than 1000 years of terrestrial electrical energy demand. The methods for extracting this fuel and the other solar wind volatiles are described. Alternate uses of D-He-3 fusion in direct thrust rockets will enable more ambitious deep space missions to be conducted. The capability of extracting hydrogen, water, nitrogen, and other carbon-containing molecules will open up the moon to a much greater level of human settlement than previously thought.
Kulcinski Gerald L.
Schmitt Henrique
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