US company wants to be the first to mine raw materials on the moon. Helium-3 is scarce on Earth but is abundant on the Moon.
Interlune is particularly focused on helium-3, which could be used as fuel in nuclear fusion reactors but could also serve to power the quantum computing industry. The Seattle-based company has been working on the technology for about four years, at a time when the commercial sector is working with NASA to establish a permanent presence on and around the lunar surface.