There's a resource in lunar soil so valuable it could ignite a 21st century gold rush at a reported value of $20 million per kilogram. This material is roughly $150 times more valuable than gold due to its potential use in fusion power plants, cooling for quantum computers, and its current use in detecting attempted smuggling of nuclear materials for national security purposes. Seattlebased startup Interoon is one of a handful of space resource extraction companies aiming to harness this material to establi ...

Welcome back. Helium 3 is a resource critical for quantum computing and other futuristic technologies like fusion energy. It's extremely rare on Earth.It's typically a residue from nuclear reactors, but it's abundant on the moon. That's why Blue Force has struck a 10-year $300 million deal with moon mining startup Interoon. Helium 3.The commercial market price is about $20 million a kilogram or just under $3,000 per liter. So, um it is it still remains the the only element in the universe that's priced high ...