Helium-3
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Oct 27, 2026
Joshua StarkHOST
And
Glenn StecklingGUEST
that's because it's rich in minerals, helium-3, gold, all our precious minerals.
Glenn StecklingGUEST
And not only that, probably more of these minerals that we have here on Earth that we are making the deals for, whether it's in Ukraine or anywhere else.
Glenn StecklingGUEST
But the moon has a large, large supply.
MarkMODERATOR
Thank you.
MarkMODERATOR
Regarding the Helium-3 potential at Topaz and your recent collaboration with LH3M, what timeline are you working towards regarding development of Helium-3-4 separation technologies? Maybe Tom.
Thomas Abraham-JamesGUEST
Yeah, so this one, we signed the agreement on the 14th of October.
Thomas Abraham-JamesGUEST
And we're actually at that very moment in time.
Brooks AgnewGUEST
Most of the helium on Earth is helium-4, which we use to fill our party balloons.
Brooks AgnewGUEST
Helium-3 is unique in the sense it's like a neutron.
Brooks AgnewGUEST
And if you fuse it together, it forms helium-4 plus two energetic protons.
Brooks AgnewGUEST
It also produces a tremendous amount of energy.
Nikkiana JonesHOST
The amount of money we pour into it, too, versus the.
Brooks AgnewGUEST
Well, I mean, that's the other thing about the moon is once you get there, it pays its own way.
Brooks AgnewGUEST
Helium-3 is so valuable that it could actually be, I mean, commercial companies could make money transporting helium-3 back to the Earth and powering our nuclear power stations for, I mean, we could power them now for about, That's
Nikkiana JonesHOST
why I, I'm a bit, I'm, I'm sorry.
Peter CabauyGUEST
Instead of receiving light, we receive some of that beta radiation, which is just electron being emitted from the decay of tritium, in our case.
Peter CabauyGUEST
Tritium decays to helium-3, which is inert, and it's actually a valuable commodity in And as it emits that electron, it goes on to our solar cell and creates electrical current that way.
Peter CabauyGUEST
So that's one easy way of looking at the nuclear micro power and beta will take power.
Peter CabauyGUEST
In terms of heating, that same electron is caught inside of a metal hydride.
10 MINS LATER
Peter CabauyGUEST
When we talk about solar power, we actually talk about nuclear fusion.
Christopher McFaddenHOST
yeah
Peter CabauyGUEST
so it's a definitely can harness it that way but um what i you know i i don't know enough to tell you for sure but i'm sure in the exploration of the moon we're going to find some things as well as in other places one of the interesting things about going to the lunar surface is the mining of helium-3 oh it's it's uh you know we may find interesting things
Christopher McFaddenHOST
If there's helium-3, and that's a byproduct of tritium breakdown, there's got to be tritium there, right? You
Drew SvorGUEST
Chris said it earlier today, but eight years ago, who was talking about in-space manufacturing? I guess maybe eight years ago, orbit mining was just becoming a thing.
Drew SvorGUEST
You heard Mike Gold earlier today talking about Helium-3.
Drew SvorGUEST
There are all kinds of new ways to monetize this industry from what Chris said earlier.
Drew SvorGUEST
Basically, if you could not establish a landline or cell connection on Earth, you would begrudgingly go to a telco backup that was essentially two cups held together with a string.
Emma JurgisHOST
The facility could help meet growing demand for helium, which is essential for semiconductor manufacturing, medical imaging, and other high-tech industries.
Emma JurgisHOST
Pulsar also expects the site to produce liquid carbon dioxide for commercial use and is exploring the potential for helium-3, a rare isotope used in specialized applications such as quantum computing.
Emma JurgisHOST
If approvals and financing move forward, construction could take about 18 months.
Emma JurgisHOST
Medtronic CEO and Chairman Jeff Martha has been named the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal's 2027 Executive of the Year.
John EllingGUEST
They all have to have lithium.
John EllingGUEST
Unless you're planning to mine helium-3 on the moon, which is some physics, is actually deuterium-helium-3, and that's great.
John EllingGUEST
I mean, they wouldn't need lithium, which would be tragic for me.
John EllingGUEST
They're going to go get their fuel by mining helium-3 off the moon.
John EllingGUEST
I'd be happy to have that business model too, as long as I get to come back from the moon.
John EllingGUEST
But there'll be a down select.
Niklas NienassHOST
So if you want to research something with the moon rocks, you can request it by NASA and then they usually give it out, which is a fair way because, you know, in practice you have to deal with it somehow.
Niklas NienassHOST
But if we're talking about, let's say, helium-3, which is interesting to make fusion energy, again, far, far future, but you bring it back home and then you use the energy and you make money out of it,
Valerie ChartrainHOST
I don't
Niklas NienassHOST
know, it's already appropriation because then it's being used.
Naveen JainGUEST
My point is, if today, you know, the idea was that when I was working on Moon Express and, you know, at that time, I had just lost my dad to stage four pancreatic cancer.
Naveen JainGUEST
And I say, you know what, instead of focusing on mining the moon for helium-3 to actually build a fusion reactors.
Naveen JainGUEST
You know, we need to really understand why we are losing our loved ones on this planet from this cancer and diabetes and heart disease.
Naveen JainGUEST
And, you know, great human beings, fellow humans are lost to suicide because they are depressed, right? And why is this mental health crisis, all these things? The good thing is none of these things happen overnight.
Kristian SchmidVOICE_ACTOR
I follow suit.
Kristian SchmidVOICE_ACTOR
It seems that while the hydrogen is in fact depleted at the New Chechnyan site, the isotope helium-3 was discovered last year.
Kristian SchmidVOICE_ACTOR
And, for all accounts, the deposit is significant.
Kristian SchmidVOICE_ACTOR
Perhaps the largest ever found.
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