Helium-3 on the moon for fusion energy: The Persian gulf of the 21st century

Solar System Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 338-345

  Taylor, L A ^a   Kulcinski, G L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

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