Are you serious? And if there is an ice cream stand in Lusaka, Zambia, you would ask "What's wrong with going to Africa?" The point is, why go to the Moon for an industrial material, when you can more easily and less expensively produce it on Earth? There are plenty of good reasons to go to the Moon, like there are plenty of good reasons to go to Africa. But not for an ice cream cone. It's an interesting problem in bringing He-3 back to Earth. As a gas at high pressure, it would need heavy tanks. There are commercial dewar containers available that could store liquid helium, but then you would need to carry along the equipment for its liquefaction.
We keep an eye on the Chinese by having eyes (satellites) available to see them.
You really have no idea of the inherent expense of going to the Moon, even with SpaceX's reusable boosters. Certainly out of the question if using the Space Launch System.
Are you serious? And if there is an ice cream stand in Lusaka, Zambia, you would ask "What's wrong with going to Africa?" The point is, why go to the Moon for an industrial material, when you can more easily and less expensively produce it on Earth? There are plenty of good reasons to go to the Moon, like there are plenty of good reasons to go to Africa. But not for an ice cream cone. It's an interesting problem in bringing He-3 back to Earth. As a gas at high pressure, it would need heavy tanks. There are commercial dewar containers available that could store liquid helium, but then you would need to carry along the equipment for its liquefaction.
We keep an eye on the Chinese by having eyes (satellites) available to see them.
You really have no idea of the inherent expense of going to the Moon, even with SpaceX's reusable boosters. Certainly out of the question if using the Space Launch System.
When there is no congressional support for the resulting budget, there is a problem.
Are you saying we have flying carpets? You certainly can't point to anything real.