A recent documentary from BBC’s Horizon about the possible colonization of the Moon for its fusion fuel, Helium-3. He-3 is a light, non-radioactive isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron. Moon rocks trap these isotopes from passing solar winds, Earth’s atmosphere repels them. Advocates claim that it is economically feasible to be strip mining the moon by 2020. China, Russia, and the US seem to be in the race.

This sounds like a disaster. Imagine the rocket fuel stink in the air, when we are trucking up tons of miners, food, water, equipment, housing and air daily. How is the He-3 to get back down to us, railgun/parachute or earth-orbit ferry? Having a moon cannon pointed at us, or more rocket fuel stink, which is it?

Advocates: Professor Jerry Kulcinski, geologist/moon-walker Harison Schmitt and Russian rocket mogul Nikolai Sevastianov

On the other hand, Moon walker Edgar Mitchell says: “We have to learn to live within our means here.” He advocates restricting the Moon for scientific research as we do Antarctica.

Also featured in the video: America’s funniest astronaut Moon stumbles, someone who has made Nine Million Dollars selling fake deeds to Moon property, and a scientist (Larry Clark) who heats up artificial moon dust and harvests H2O.

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