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   Gordon D. Pusch to III"   
   Re: He3 on asteroids?   
   29 Jan 04 22:48:49   
   
   XPost: sci.space.policy   
   From: g_d_pusch_remove_underscores@xnet.com   
      
   "Joseph S. Powell, III"  writes:   
      
   > How about huge He3 collectors at either a solar orbit closer to the sun, or   
   > at one of the LaGrange points, with a surface area of, say, one of the   
   > theorized Solar Power Sattelites envisioned in the 70's -   
      
   _WAY_ too small, given the miniscule flux of He3 involved.   
      
      
   > would they work,   
   > or would the amounts of He3 over a reasonable period of time be too   
   > negligable to even consider them?   
      
   The latter.   
      
      
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