Crude gas from the reserve is sent to a BLM-owned facility, which enriches it to about 80 percent helium and adds it to the pipeline for delivery to 10 privately owned crude helium plants and six pure helium refineries. About 2 billion cubic feet are removed from the reserve each year, m...
NASA Helium, as a noble gas, does not form compounds, i.e., it is not chemically bound up into molecules. However, it may be physically trapped, and held in the pockets of the porous regolith. It appears that some minerals on the Moon are able to trap helium-3 very well. Applying ...