Mining the Moon

It's actually started. The Chinese have successfully done a sample return of a lunar mineral which contains helium-3.

If we develop the technology, this could be used to create a fusion reaction that doesn't produce any radioactivity.

If. It's hard to use and we're probably not going to get it done before 2050, but we may be about to see a new moon race...and this one won't be quite as symbolic.

Or the Chinese claims could be, to use an old phrase, cold fusion.