Mining Company Says It’s Identified Hugely Valuable Material on Surface of the Moon

Space commercialization startup Interlune claims to have identified valuable helium-3 deposits on the Moon's surface, signing a $300 million deal with Bluefors to supply up to 10,000 liters of the rare isotope. Helium-3 could power nuclear reactors and cool quantum computers, but extracting it requires processing millions of tons of lunar soil at enormous cost. This lunar mining race between the US and China could determine future space dominance and establish permanent lunar bases.