Jolly Roger wrote:
Right now, H3 is unobtainium. A wee detour to mine the Moon still has to be completed. 😆
I think you mean He3, as H3 is tritium, and though somewhat rare, is not as unobtainable as He3. I do understand that He3 is not currently obtainable. But when it does become obtainable, it will then be possible to downsize the FF reactor shielding. As that will be a few years from now, perhaps the electrical components will have been downsized as well. Then small applications, such as cars, might become possible.
Absorrutry Right! :red: Yes, He3 indeed. But the difference is only one electron embedded in a nucleon! 😉
IAC, since the costs of LunarHe are likely to be lotsa orders of magnitude greater than for B11, there might be some other considerations involved.
I’d expect power storage and charging capacity to grow very fast over the next 5-10 years, and beyond. Having on-board generating capacity for ranges beyond the projected 2,000 – 5,000 miles/charge for autos would come at a heck of a premium. But this kind of technology development has a real Stengel quality about it: “Predicting is hard, especially about the future.” :snake: ;-P
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