About this episode

Devin interviews Rob Meyerson about his startup Interlune and its plans to harvest helium-3 from the Moon.

Devin sits down with Rob Meyerson, the former president of Blue Origin, to talk about his startup, Interlune, that is on track to harvest resources from the Moon’s surface. Interlune is after one element in particular: Helium-3. It’s extremely rare and valuable on Earth, but plentiful on the Moon. So they partnered with an unlikely collaborator to design a “harvester” that they’re planning to send to the Moon’s surface in the early 2030s. Rob shares how his team designed creative ways to test their prototype in conditions that mirror the Moon’s environment. He tells Devin about the ways his team is turning science fiction into science fact, and about how Interlune is planning to iterate as they go, allowing them to send missions to the Moon sooner. 1:00 Why helium-3 matters 1:38 The helium-3 supply crunch 2:40 Customers and early demand 4:29 Mining at a lunar scale 5:35 Finding an earth partner 6:48 Designing the harvester 9:13 Prototyping to full scale 12:31 Testing for moon conditions 20:18 Earth return and space economy 26:19 Moon timeline 32:19 Lightning round Links Devin Liddell on LinkedIn Rob Meyerson Teague About the Host: Futurist Devin Liddell Devin Liddell is the…

People in this episode

Host: Devin Liddell

Guest: Rob Meyerson

Topics covered

• moon mining
• helium-3
• space economy
• lunar resources
• innovation
• prototype testing

Keywords

• moon
• helium-3
• Interlune
• Rob Meyerson
• space mining
• Blue Origin
• prototype
• lunar surface
• space economy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blue Origin, Interlune, Teague

Products: Helium-3

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