Moon mining startup Interlune wants to start digging for helium-3 by 2030

A budding startup called Interlune is trying to become the first private company to mine the moon's natural resources and sell them back on Earth. Interlune will initially focus on helium-3 -- a helium isotope created by the sun through the process of fusion -- which is abundant on the moon. In an interview with Ars Technica, Rob Meyerson, one of Interlune's founders and former Blue Origin president, said the company hopes to fly its harvester with one of the upcoming commercial moon missions ba...