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it is spread out over the lunar surface

How much gravel will they have to move to get one shuttle load of He3?

12 posted on 05/19/2006 8:35:19 AM PDT by RightWhale (Off touch and out of base)
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How much gravel will they have to move to get one shuttle load of He3?

By weight, they will process 18 metric tons of regolith to obtain 33 kilograms of He3. However, during the processing, other materials will also be obtained such as oxygen,silicon, titanium, iron, aluminum, platinum,and other volatiles.

For further information see these addresses:

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/webaccess/CommSpaceTrans/SpaceCommTransSec39/CommSpacTransSec39.html

http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/presentations/jfs_hallway.pdf

14 posted on 05/21/2006 10:52:00 AM PDT by jmcenanly
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