Is CHINA Winning The Race To The Moon? | Rocket Scientist Glen Martin On Helium-3

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Thinking On Paper

The Human Story of Technology, Mark Fielding and Jeremy Gilbertson

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Learn about THE REAL IMPACT of technology 👉Thinking on Paper teaches you about AI, Quantum computing, space manufacturing, robotics and Web3 from the CEOS and Silicon Valley Founders spending millions and billions making them useful. Take your curiosity, push it to its limits and see what technology can really do. Our mission is to help ONE MILLION curious minds ditch their Twitter and LinkedIn feeds and connect the dots for themselves. Each week, hosts Mark and Jeremy take you inside IBM, NASA, Coinbase, D-Wave, and more.

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Is CHINA Winning The Race To The Moon? | Rocket Scientist Glen Martin On Helium-3

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Is CHINA Winning The Race To The Moon? | Rocket Scientist Glen Martin On Helium-3

Helium-3 is essential for fusion energy, quantum computing, and tracking nuclear weapons. The U.S. has just 29 kilograms, and there may be as little as 100 kilograms on Earth. But aerospace engineer Glen Martin cites NASA data suggesting roughly 1.1 million tons may be trapped on the Moon.

In this episode, Mark and Jeremy Think On Paper with Glen, CEO of the Extraterrestrial Mining Company, about the emerging science and politics of lunar mining and the race now unfolding above us.

Glen explains how solar winds have been seeding the Moon with Helium-3 for billions of years, why AI data centers and quantum computers are already driving global demand, and how private companies are moving into territory once reserved for governments.

What begins as a conversation about mining technology becomes a deeper look at scarcity, competition, and the moral questions that come with abundance.

Will space resources help us build a post-scarcity society, or just extend the same rivalries into orbit?

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(00:00) Trailer

(02:45) What is Helium-3, and why are we mining the Moon?

(05:29) Why there’s almost no Helium-3 on Earth, and a million tons on the Moon

(09:01) How Helium-3 could be harvested from lunar dust

(10:33) Fusion without fallout: the clean-energy promise of Helium-3

(13:01) Space-based solar power and fusion: two paths to future energy.

(17:56) How private companies plan to finance Moon mining