Helium-3 On The Moon Can Be Explored To Become Green Energy For Planet Earth, Many Countries Are Interested

The moon provides infinite Helium-3 energy. (photo: unsplash doc)

JAKARTA – Thirty, 20, or even 10 years ago, there was no political will, technology, or money needed to mine space resources, but now things are changing. A former CIA space analyst warns that change is now happening very quickly.

Solar space power, multi-billion asteroid mining, and Helium-3 resources on the Moon are up for grabs. As a result, the US, China, Russia, Europe, the UK, and other countries were involved in this silent war.

If today the world switched completely to green energy — by removing fossil fuels, the power grid would collapse in a last-ditch effort to keep up with demand. Helium-3 fusion has been presented as the "Holy Grail" of energy.

It is this Helium-3 fusion that powers our Sun and stars. It produces no radioactive waste, and only 25 tons can power the entire country for a year. But currently, there are only 100 kilograms of Helium-3 on our planet.

As the Artemis Moon mission advances, NASA and Intuitive Machines announce the landing site for the Luna exercise. Science says there are 1.1 million metric tons of helium-3 on the Moon, enough to meet human energy needs for up to 10,000 years.

However, former CIA official, Founder, and Executive Director of the Foundation for the Future, Tim Chrisman, says US politics is lagging and missing the bigger picture. At the same time, China has wasted all the resources and funds needed for space mining.

Chrisman says that whether the public knows it or not, but the race to mine Helium-3 is on its way. Chrisman added that whoever reaches it first makes a huge difference, leveraging global politics and the world economy.

Those who oppose mining Helium-3 argue that bringing back tons of material on a tiny spacecraft is too expensive. But a spacecraft like Elon Musk's Starship, with a weekly capacity of 100 tons using the same craft, could put a stop to that argument.

Chrisman called on the political apparatus in the US to go beyond the established vision of space as "useful enough" and to understand its full potential. Decisions made today will have historical consequences in the future. “The moon will be the first place any resource will be extracted”, Chrisman assured.

Chrisman believes another misconception about space needs to be addressed. “The space community talks about space exploration and development as if it were living science fiction. We have to stop pretending space is hard," Chrisman said. The goal is to make a difference by leveraging human habitation in space, generating jobs and energy projects in space.