[Gunslingr3]

Wernher von Braun what he expected to find on the moon, he jokingly replied: "Russians"; if he were still alive today, he might reply: "Chinese."

This is because von Braun was a rocket scientist, not an economist.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Well, President Bush has an MBA and he's had trial by fire with 9-11. Between the two, I think he's pegged this just right.

[cookcounty]

"Helium-3 is virtually nonexistent on Earth. But it's abundant on the moon, where the isotopes have been sprinkled over billions of years by the solar wind, Kulcinski said. He estimated that a million tons of helium-3 exists in the upper 2 meters of the lunar surface. "

Doesn't this assume that the old pre-1969 theories about dust deposition over 2 billion years on the moon are still accurate? As the "YECs" (Young Earth Creationists) delight in pointing out, the expected large quantities of dust accumulations didn't materialize. There's very little dust, and the moon is a pretty "rocky" place.

Or would the helium-3 penetrate the surface rock to 2 meters? I'm no geologist. I'm just asking.