Re: The Economic Development of the Moon

You know, I'm curious. Has anyone demonstrated that helium-3
is in fact of any particular benefit in making a fusion reactor? Like,
have experiments borne out that it's easier to make a sustainable and
power-generating reaction using the stuff?

The problem is that any D + He3 reactor that could fuse these two will
also fuse D + D, leading to D + T side reactions. So there's no
aneutronic path for that. The only consideration would be He3 versus Li
availability for breeding T. The latter path is the planned one.

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ciao,
Bruce

drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/

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