A sampling of the extensive media coverage since the UW Fusion Technology Institute first identified the existence of the lunar helium-3 fusion fuel in 1986. See Google news for recent related helium-3 media coverage.
[ show images ]Sampling of Publications Reporting on Helium-3
- Is MOON's Sci-Fi Vision of Lunar Helium 3 Mining Based in Reality? [scientificamerican.com, 12 June 2009]
- How Lunar Soil Could Power the Future [livescience.com, 13 August 2008]
- The Far-Off Fusion Race [msnbc.com, 2 May 2008]
- Fusion's Future [Milwaukee JournalSentinel, 12 February 2007]
- To Reach for the Moon [Newsweek, 12 February 2007]
- Future in Fusion? [The Capital Times, 22-23 December 2006]
- China Eyes 2017 Moon Landing [cnn.com, 04 November 2005]
- China to Explore Nuclear Fusion Source on the Moon [rednova.com, 07 October 2005]
- Russian Space Agency to Build Power Plant on Moon [mosnews.com, 27 July 2005]
- World's Energy Source May Be Just a Moon Away [USA Today, 9 Dec. 2004]
- Mountaintops to Moon Rocks, All in a Day's Work [Space News, 12 July 2004]
- Fly Me to the Moon: The Great Debate [china.org.cn, 24 June 2004]
- Why We Must Go Back to the Moon [National Geographic, July 2004]
- Mine on the Moon [On Wisconsin, Summer 2004]
- To the Moon and Beyond: Students Study Space Resources [Episode, Spring/Summer 2004]
- Making a Case for Humans in Space [Science, 7 May 2004]
- India Advances Lunar Mission Launch to 2007 [Space News, 1 March 2004]
- Moon Plan to Give U.S. Control Over Energy Source [The Hindu, 26 January 2004]
- Moon Has Many Useful Materials [Lunar Enterprise Daily, 22 January 2004]
- In Space To Stay By 20?? [Aviation Week, 15 December 2003]
- The Race Into Space [Washington Times, 29 May 2003]
- China Outlines Its Lunar Ambitions [Space.Com, 4 March 2003]
- The Moon Will Save Us [Lunar Enterprise Daily, 20 January 2003]
- No Place Like Home [Smithsonian, December 2002]
- Mankind Returns To The Lunar Surface [Back To The Moon, 2001]
- Task Force Recommends Indian Moon Mission [Space News, 30 July 2001]
- The Promise of Lunar Helium-3 [Lunar Enterprise Daily, 19 July 2001]
- Lunar Development: The Way It May Have to Be [Space Front, June 2001]
- A Helium Shortage? [Wired, August 2000]
- India to Complete Lunar Study in Six Months [Space Calendar, 10-16 Jul. 2000]
- Moon's Helium-3 Could Power Earth [Space.Com, 30 June 2000]
- Lunar Mining Camp [New York Times Mag., 28 Nov. 1999]
- Heat and Light from the Far Side of the Moon [Business Week, 25 Jan. 1999]
- Looking for Money on the Lunar Surface [Newsweek, 9 Mar. 1998]
- Moon Dust: The Gray Powder May Hold a Source of Clean Fuel [Final Frontier, Dec. 1996]
- Lunar Commerce: He3 Production [Ad Astra, November/December 1996]
- LunaCorp Looks for Route to Moon via Japan [Space News, 10-16 June 1996]
- Is There Money on the Moon? [Business Week, September 25, 1995]
- Helium 3: The Movie [Ad Astra, March/April 1995]
- Who Will Mine the Moon? [New York Times, January 19, 1995]
- Apollo at 25: Harrison H. Schmitt [Final Frontier, July/August 1994]
- One Plan for a Lunar Base [Final Frontier, July/August 1994]
- Letters to the Editor [Planetary Report, July/August 1994]
- Mining the Moon's Gold [Ad Astra, May/June 1994]
- Lunar Paydirt [Final Frontier, October 1993]
- The Moon is Made Of ... An Unlimited Energy Source? [Business Week, 8 Nov. 1993]
- Japan Helium 3 Research [Space Calendar, 1-7 Nov. 1993]
- [ cover only ] [Spaceflight, February 1993]
- [ cover only ] [Wisconsin Professional Engineer, Sep./Oct. 1991]
- [ cover only ] [21st Century, Summer 1990]
- Rastof fra Manen giver Energi pa Jorden [Illustreret Videnskab, May 1990]
- [ cover only ] [Wisconsin Professional Engineer, Sep./Oct. 1989]
- Magic of Astrofuel [Detroit News, August 4, 1988]
- [ cover only ] [In Business, June 1987]
- Isaac Asimov: The Unlikely Source [American Way, March 1, 1987]
- [ cover only ] [Fusion Technology, September 1986]