At a reported cost of $20 million per kilogram, helium-3 could be the resource that makes travel to and from the moon’s surface a profitable enterprise for businesses and governments alike. We explore what makes it so valuable, why the moon is the place to get it, and how a company called Interlune plans to harvest it.
Read more about the Moon Mining Mission on CNET.com
This Lunar Resource Is So Valuable It Could Spark a New Gold Rush
0:00 The $20 Million per Kilogram Resource
0:35 The New Lunar Space Race & NASA’s Artemis Program
0:56 Interlune’s Extraction Technology & Testing
2:06 Interlune’s Mission Timeline & Commercial Deals
2:49 Earth vs. Moon: Why Lunar Helium-3 is Abundant
3:42 The Future of Lunar Resource Harvesting
4:17 The Race for Lunar Resources: Law & Competition
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@Iguessfrank
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 pm
Rockets need to get a lot cheaper.
@xsiner
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 pm
If we really have been to the moon then it would be easy now to go, but they act like we have never been since it’s so hard to go to the moon now.
@user-tx9zg5mz5p
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 pm
“Only 30 years away, every 30 years” 😂
@Robert-z8t4m
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 pm
When we have harvesters on the moon, we may discover moon sand worms.
@sab611
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 pm
You mean Regolith Worms 😉
@TCrimson05t
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 pm
Isn’t this the plot of Avatar?
@Ac_a
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 pm
I’m rooting for🇨🇳China.
The🇺🇸United States is an EVIL Colonial Empire & Capitalist Dystopia.
@ManishNoregua
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 pm
Corvix CRV looks like one of those sleeper projects that explode later.
@HecoFriedner
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 pm
Corvix might be a game-changer in AI and DeFi integration.
@CeliaSchwab
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 pm
The interest around Corvix keeps climbing naturally — no forced marketing.
@EverettWalden
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 pm
Corvix CRV continues to grow steadily in community size and engagement.
@RonniLangford
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 pm
The beauty of Corvix CRV is its simplicity — a clear AI-driven product with long-term vision and real application potential. If executed right, this could be a breakout of the year.
@IyaJudd
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 pm
Smart traders are already positioning around CRV Corvix before hype kicks in.
@ShaziaConley
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 pm
Corvix token’s quiet growth phase is the perfect time for entry. 💎
@SharonDonde
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
The data behind CRV Corvix is solid — strong tokenomics and real development progress.
@SchratlBruner
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Once the first listings hit, Corvix could go parabolic fast.
@CrisSubbaraman
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Corvix CRV could surprise a lot of people.
@AlixandraSaavedra
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
The Corvix CRV project blends innovation and practicality perfectly. Its roadmap shows scalability, long-term sustainability, and a clear AI vision that most others lack.
@LorenzoBuss-w7z
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
I’m expecting Corvix to trend soon once volume picks up.
@EricaDarden-u6d
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Corvix CRV remains one of the better bets in current presales.
@ElifCash
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Corvix token might become a central AI hub project soon. 🌐
@KaufmannDyson
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Corvix CRV seems built for scalability — I like what I’m seeing.
@PhamCovington
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Corvix token is moving with purpose — no hype fluff.
@ThaciCorey
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 pm
Corvix token’s quiet growth phase is the perfect time for entry. 💎
@michaelanderson3096
November 16, 2025 at 7:39 pm
Fusion fuel 😮
@Aslam_Aliyu
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 pm
I’d love to be a space mechanic
@J-s4t3i
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 pm
Building a machine is not getting it to the moon and bringing products back… people really don’t understand space.. or the companies claiming these things 😂😂
@stickynorth
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 pm
OUR moon. The guy made it sound like it was America’s… It’s not.
@biggee1
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 pm
So let me get this,
They’re going to the moon to mine that energy source instead of creating cleaner sources of energy here on earth. Or better yet, finance people that have already done this. Like that guy that created a cleaner alternative to oil.
@DeepWest9000
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 pm
It’s that asbestos that will finally allow as to build portals!
@NomadicArtist-p2q
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 pm
Spice is life.
@TopBoy-13
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 pm
We’re going to shrink it
@elwhapposanchez7926
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 pm
and the moon gets farther and farther from the earth the more weight they remove.
@GNARGNARHEAD
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 pm
that’s awesome, The Moon is the ideal foothold to let us access our solar system..
@Goodkiwibloke
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 pm
It is not “your moon”
Why are americans so very arrogant and self important
@AbdulAlhaddad-i9z
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 pm
Avatar will become a real thing
@manapeace
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 pm
This sounds like the episode in the cartoon show the Tick where the supervillain carves his name in giant letters on the moon.
@halcon2134
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 pm
Geostrategic needs, observatories, new welding technologies, 3D printing, superconductors, hardware for cryogenic AI, thorium microreactors, space hardware assembly, rocket, fuel, etc.
@CNET
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 pm
Read more about the Moon Mining Mission on CNET.com: This Lunar Resource Is So Valuable It Could Spark a New Gold Rush
@basselkabbani8699
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 pm
How would that affect earth? We have seasons because of the moon and that’s only one thing
@JediApiary
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 pm
Great content love space
@JanoschNr1
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 pm
We get there, when we get there! ~Sun Tzu, Master of waiting, lying, hopeium and deception.
@leon38688
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 pm
get them
@-eternal
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 pm
20m a kilo? Very close to what Pandora had, and that was a whole different planet!
@WellHiddenTreasure
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 pm
“On OUR moon” such a colonialist mindset.
…f*ckers
@Anon-k6u
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 pm
yes that’s a great idea.. who knows you might dig deep enough to cause some sort of chain reaction and crack the moon in two then the tides come rolling to wipe us out. fun!
@spektred
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 pm
First they loot and pillage the earth of all its natural resources and now the moon. Of course, they have no clue how those elements up there benefit our moon, but their greed for profit makes any further questions an afterthought.
@vlad-dracul
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 pm
Dune
@MS12-u5p
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 pm
This is just an ad for a company that will never deliver because Fusion doesn’t exist and demand is small. Just garbage “reporting”.
@robinhodgkinson
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 pm
The moon would have to be a very hostile environment for machinery. Regolith is nasty stuff. I’m sure they’re aware of that, but is it still feasible? I guess we’ll find out.
@stephen7938
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 pm
Seems like another Moon Express kind of company. Hopefully not the same outcome
@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 pm
I’m glad there are uses for H3 other than fusion, as the best forms of fusion we should be aiming for don’t use it.
🙂
@BooBahh-uh5jk
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 pm
Moon dust baby 😂 caching 💰
@BZXRQMVL
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 pm
dosent the moon control our tides ? feel like we shouldnt mess with it
@BZXRQMVL
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 pm
the moon controls our tides this is awful for earth
@exiled-AI
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 pm
Gerdy, am I a clone…. (Moon 2009)
@JOuser321
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 pm
I think the Moon is the one thing we should leave alone. We only get one of them and God forbid something happens to it.
@theathleteexperience6261
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 pm
Alright bud, what could potentially happen to the moon that would make it disappear 😂
@scotth6814
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 pm
I would rather they strip mine the Moon than the Earth.
@SpiderFuka
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 pm
Mention the moon (dead planetary body) but doesn’t mention that we should leave the earth alone.. the dying planetary body that we rely on for life
@freshjellomusic5097
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 pm
Cheese
@danstenis660
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 pm
The murderers, massacrists, and genocidists cannot be allowed to extract resources from the moon because those resources would be used to make military weapons and fund more military weapons and forces to kill more people.
@peternystrom921
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 pm
2029 haha get out of here with that.
@shadowteam9943
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 pm
We got spice mines
@IvanGarcia-cx5jm
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 pm
I hope this never ends up in Moon wars.
@stainlesssteelfox1
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 pm
Lunar He3 is at a density of 15 parts per billion. That translates to 150 tons of regolith processes per gram of He3. For 10 kg? You need to process 1.5 million tons of regolith. Titan is probably a far better option. Yes it’s much farther away, but only 3 times as ‘distant’ in terms of delta-v. Rather than digging up and cooking the regolith, then separating the gasses, you can just process Titan’s atmosphere. Even if it’s only 1/10th as abundant as the solar system average at 30 parts per million, that’s still 2000 times as abundant as lunar regolith. Plus you have both water ice and methane for easy processing into shuttle fuel.
@andrewhanson5942
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 pm
Well I suppose all we needed to incentivize us to go back to the moon after 55 years would be $. Sounds about right, eh?
@rando904
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 pm
Maybe I’m stupid but isn’t the moon important to our survival on the earth? Why do we think it’s okay to go up there and start drilling holes in it?
@johnslaughter5475
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 pm
Mining hasn’t yet completely devastated Earth, but plans are now going to strip mine the moon. Man at his worst.
@jackshaftoe1715
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 pm
B.S. They want a moon base because of it’s military applications. Rocks dropped from space smash city’s with zero fall out, and I have days to shoot up your counter battery fire.
@GoatLandFarms
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 pm
❤❤❤
@UberOcelot
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 pm
This is really cool, hopefully we don’t disturb the moon bunnies
@JoeBlogs-k6t
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 pm
Stop it 🫠
@frk_c
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 pm
Lo primero que deben hacer es abaratizar costos en viajes espaciales hasta 100km, 200km como para empezar. Porque sino el negocio seria hasta mas caro.
@meetteel6811
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 pm
2060:
The War on the Moon goes on, while many people can’t even afford lunch anymore, due to climate change.
Also the rate of lung infections due to dust, are continuesly rising.
European Countrys are still blaming each other for the anhilation of the European Union and still fight over the amount of money every country gets.
@official_NelsonR
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 pm
All b s it will never happen
@CarloEnrico532
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 pm
“This is why we’re here. Because this little grey rock sells for 20million a kilo, that’s it. That’s what pays for the whole party, it what pays for your science”
@daveblankenship8313
November 18, 2025 at 8:07 pm
This is another piece of equipment that goes into THE warehouse. The moon is not a physical place. No one has been to the moon. We live in an enclosed system. Stars have been seen through the moon, so says the royal astronomical society, several times in the last 300 years. I trust them more…you decide.