by Kathi Leiden | Feb 11, 2017 | Helium, Helium News
This is the year for Moon Express, who just received another round of funding to pursue their goal of mining helium-3 from the moon. A newer, quieter space race Two years ago, we told you about a new race to get back to the moon to search for deposits of helium-3: A...
by Kathi Leiden | Mar 1, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
We’ve all seen the footage of astronauts bouncing on the moon as if they were floating. What if they took a helium balloon up—would it float? After all, the gravity on the moon is only about a sixth as strong as the gravity on Earth, which means if you stood on...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 12, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
You don’t really hear about it in the U.S., but there is a moon race going on right now and it’s all centered around mining helium-3. China is going to the moon. Japan has plans to. Russia claims it does as well. NASA—not so much, but a billionaire has...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 5, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science
Helium is a finite resource on Earth, but the sun mass produces the stuff. Through an idea called stellar lifting, we might one day extract helium from the sun. Helium shortages Every 4 or 5 years, the world seems to find itself in another helium shortage. Right now,...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 11, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science, Helium Uses
Imagine, something the size of a pea worth $5 million. That’s the value of helium-3 and while it’s rare on Earth, the moon is full of it. Why do you care? Need regular helium gas? Just mine our warehouses! Get a free Zephyr helium quote here. What is...
