Gingrich promises US moon colony by 2020

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Seriously, you should check out the Helium 3 idea. It's what's driving the USA, Russia and China back to the moon. This time it's all about business.

Helium 3 was mentioned in the movie Moon. I just took it for made-up sci fi drivel like unobtainium

 

[Arthur]

Helium 3 was mentioned in the movie Moon. I just took it for made-up sci fi drivel like unobtainium

Read the Pravda press release linked above. They're serious about this. It's not a joke.

According to an official statement released in January, the mining of helium-3 on the Moon will be the main purpose of the Russian space exploration program. “We are planning to set up a permanent station on the Moon by 2015. The industrial mining of helium-3, a rare isotope, is expected to begin on the Moon in 2020,” said Nikolai Sevastianov, head of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. The lunar mission will involve the use of a Russian space shuttle Kliper and an interplanetary space tug Parom.