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0 pointsstdgy9y ago0 comments

Not to mention supplying these hypothetical moon lasers with enough power to blast these mini-probes into another star system.

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Zikes9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3 ought to do the trick.

Zikes9y ago

I'm a bit surprised at the downvotes. I'm no scientist, but I meant this suggestion in earnest. As far as my layman's knowledge goes, I've always understood the Moon's He-3 reserves to be a "vast, as-yet-untapped power resource".

marcosdumay9y ago

People have to learn how to harvest power from fusion before.

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0 pointsstdgy9y ago0 comments

Not to mention supplying these hypothetical moon lasers with enough power to blast these mini-probes into another star system.

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Zikes9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3 ought to do the trick.

Zikes9y ago

marcosdumay9y ago

People have to learn how to harvest power from fusion before.

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