# Bluefors agrees to buy up to 10,000 litres a year of lunar helium-3 from Interlune for 2028–2037

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Date: 16 Sep 2025
About: [Bluefors](https://technooptimist.io/companies/bluefors.md)
Original source: https://bluefors.com/news/bluefors-to-source-helium-3-from-the-moon-with-interlune-to-power-next-phase-of-quantum-industry-growth/

Bluefors signed to buy up to 10,000 litres of helium-3 a year from Interlune, a Seattle company planning to harvest the isotope from lunar soil, with deliveries from 2028 to 2037. Helium-3 is what makes dilution refrigerators reach millikelvin temperatures, and Earth's supply is small. The deal is a bet that lunar mining becomes real within a few years.

## Key facts

- Volume: up to 10,000 litres per year; delivery window 2028–2037.
- Helium-3 builds up on the Moon from the solar wind; Earth's magnetic field shields our planet from it.
- Interlune CEO Rob Meyerson: a majority of the quantum industry relies on Bluefors systems.
- No contract value was disclosed by Bluefors.

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