Logical Assumption

A few weeks ago I mentioned that all the super powers will likely start a space race to the room for the Helium 3 element that can make a clean chain reaction for power. (I did not know the Russian Government had a press release on this in January. I just heard about research on the project on Coast To Coast talk radio.)

Well now Russia plans to put a base on The Moon to mine the element.

According to an official statement released in January, the mining of helium-3
on the Moon will be the main
purpose of the Russian space
exploration program. “We are planning to set up a permanent station on the
Moon by 2015. The industrial mining of helium-3, a rare isotope,
is expected to begin on the Moon in 2020,” said Nikolai Sevastianov, head of the
Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. The lunar mission will involve the use of
a Russian space shuttle Kliper and an interplanetary space tug Parom.

I think the big drive to space travel will be economics. And not the exploration-based missions that most movies and shows are based on.