China's "plans" really means the chief scientist of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program said Helium-3 could be a potential energy source. There's no real evidence of any formal "plans" in this article.
As far as I know, the only economically viable business model that makes use of Lunar Helium-3 is as fuel for fusion reactors. According to Wikipedia[1] this means second generation fusion reactors. But nobody even has a workable first generation fusion reactor yet.
China's "plans" really means the chief scientist of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program said Helium-3 could be a potential energy source. There's no real evidence of any formal "plans" in this article.
As far as I know, the only economically viable business model that makes use of Lunar Helium-3 is as fuel for fusion reactors. According to Wikipedia[1] this means second generation fusion reactors. But nobody even has a workable first generation fusion reactor yet.
Original source is the Daily Mail.
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3