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I do not know whether NASA advisers are being silenced. However, In 2003 Luan Enjie of China National Space Agency announced China’s ambitions for a space program that would focus on mining Helium 3 from the moon. This year China launched a manned space flight. Next year they will put a robot lander on the moon. Helium 3 will be the next energy resource. It will be used in fusion reactors. We compete with China and India for oil reserves. Since the US does not have any program to mine lunar Helium 3 resources, we will not be in competition with China. We will still be using coal.

Japan, India, Europe and the US all have plans for a moonbase and mining of Helium 3 but China will be there first. China is probably way ahead in fusion technology. China will not go to war with the US except in an economic way.

Remember the Golden Rule:
He who has the gold, makes the rules

So when China has the Gold of the next century, Helium 3, they will be making the rules.

If you study the game of Go (more difficult than chess) you will see a strategy of waiting until the very end to surround your opponent and take all his stones. The Chinese are very patient.

In Beijing, China on July 23-27, 2006 the 8th ILEWG Conference on Exploration and Utilization of the Moon was held. According to

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=20503

Within the next two years, four independent spacecraft (SELENE, Chang’E 1, Chandrayaan 1 and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) will orbit the Moon carrying an extensive array of sophisticated science and exploration instruments.

The Beijing Declaration states that the importance of protecting the Moon becomes more urgent than ever before, as we enter a decade with many planned lunar exploration missions, including orbiters, impactors, penetrators and landers. I am curious about the legal issue of mineral rights on the moon.

China plans to land a robotic rover on the moon next year according to some reports and within two years according to others. China now receives about one fourth of the output of OPEC oil. Helium 3 as an energy resource for fusion reactors is theoretically very attractive.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/helium3_000630.html

Researchers and space enthusiasts see helium 3 as the perfect fuel source: extremely potent, nonpolluting, with virtually no radioactive by-product. Proponents claim its the fuel ofthe 21st century. The trouble is, hardly any of it is found on Earth But there is plenty of it on the moon. Society is straining to keep pace with energy demands, expected to increase eightfold by 2050 as the world population swells toward 12 billion. The moon just may be the answer. “Helium 3 fusion energy may be thekey to future space exploration and settlement,” said Gerald Kulcinski,Director of the Fusion Technology Institute (FTI) at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Scientists estimate there are about 1 million tons of helium 3 on the moon, enough to power the world for thousands of years. The equivalent of a single space shuttle load or roughly 25 tons could supply the entire United States’ energy needs for a year, accordingto Apollo17 astronaut and FTI researcher Harrison Schmitt.

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Creating Space $30.95 Creating Space The Story of the Space Age Told Through ModelsThe Heavens – and trying to get there – have always intrigued man, and have been included in our artwork throughout all of history. In recent years they have been the subject of countless books, articles, radio and television shows and films, and have more and more featured the practical method of achieving these dreams – Spaceships. Creating Space takes us on a journey through the history of the space age, up to the present and beyond. From the advent of the “space race” with the V-2 rocket of World War II to the International Space Station and the future, a complete and detailed chronicling of vehicles is given, side by side with pictures and details of models that depict the multitude of aircraft and spacecraft developed throughout the world.In addition, extensive appendices provide details of all of the space-related models ever made and the many manufacturers and distributors who have supplied them – all in the words of an experienced professional insider. Mat Irvine worked in the BBC Visual Effects Department for 20 years, contributing to many projects including Doctor Who, Blake’s 7, Edge of Darkness, the various NASA flights, and many science and space-oriented documentaries and programs. Creating Space is presented in 12 chapters which logically group together the history, the vehicles and the models into logical and meaningful categories. This book will be equally valuable to space enthusiasts, modellers, and space historians.

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