A. Khanin

The search for new sources of energy is a vital issue of the 21st century. It is unquestionable that the next 100 years will be the site of an energy crisis, and new forms of power generation will be necessary to overcome it. One such alternative energy source is the fusion of Helium-3, which is a clean and highly energetic source of nuclear power. Helium-3 is an isotope of Helium which is rare on Earth, but exists in large quantities on extraterrestrial sources such as the Moon and the Gas Giants of the Solar System. Ways have been proposed to harvest the extraterrestrial Helium for use on Earth. The amount of energy contained in the extraterrestrial Helium-3 is so tremendous that it would easily secure humankinds energy needs, and in the long term could find other, more speculative uses. This paper is a survey of this broad topic.

Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2010

Conference Paper

englisch

21,0 x 29,7 cm, 7 Seiten

Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress Tagungsband - Manuskripte, 2010, 2010, ; S.733-739; 2010; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V., Bonn

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2010