Mondabbaumaschine: Interrune enthüllt Helium-3 Harvester Prototype

> We just got our first look at a prototype for a novel moon-mining machine. The machine is designed to churn up 110 tons (100 metric tons) of lunar dirt, or regolith, per hour to harvest helium-3, a potential **fuel source for future fusion reactors.** Helium-3 is rare on Earth but is thought to be plentiful on the moon.

> Building the prototype fostered a unique partnership between Interlune and Vermeer, a 70-year-old agriculture and industrial equipment manufacturer. „The high-rate excavation needed to harvest helium-3 from the moon in large quantities has never been attempted before, let alone with high efficiency,“ Gary Lai, Interlune co-founder

> Interlune said that excavation is the first step in a planned four-step system to harvest natural resources from space: **excavate, sort, extract and separate.**

> Interlune and Vermeer are part of a **larger wave of companies** and organizations that are looking to help pave the way for future industries on and around the moon.