To: KevinDavis
While the cost of retrieving the material may be prohibitive, in the world of Moon, Lunar Industries has found a way to make a profit,
If its the fuel that some believe it to be, the world would pay our way and then some. From what I've read, a load small enough to fit in a shuttle cargo bay would fuel the entire world for a year.
Maybe that's the real value of the movie. Use science fiction to drive science fact.
7 posted on
06/18/2009 6:28:56 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: cripplecreek
Use science fiction to drive science fact. "An excellent idea my good man."

10 posted on
06/18/2009 6:31:26 PM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The code word for the new racism is "diversity.")
To: cripplecreek
Given the energy yield, He3 would sell for something like $1,000,000 a kg. It’s very easy to picture a viable business with numbers like that - even considering the high cost of getting there and back. If only the market was there for it.
11 posted on
06/18/2009 6:41:02 PM PDT by
eclecticEel
(The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
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