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Bluefors Strikes $300M Deal for Lunar Helium-3

11/7/2025

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Helsinki-based Bluefors signed a $300 million deal with Interlune to buy up to 10,000 liters of lunar helium-3.
The helium-3 is rare on Earth but abundant on the Moon and could power nuclear reactors and cool quantum computers.
Extracting it requires processing vast lunar regolith, a major technical and logistical challenge.
The United States and China are racing to establish lunar presence to secure resources and set rules.

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Story summary

Helsinki-based Bluefors signed a $300 million deal with Interlune to buy up to 10,000 liters of lunar helium-3.
The helium-3 is rare on Earth but abundant on the Moon and could power nuclear reactors and cool quantum computers.
Extracting it requires processing vast lunar regolith, a major technical and logistical challenge.
The United States and China are racing to establish lunar presence to secure resources and set rules.