Renowned defence technologist A. Sivathanu Pillai, said Indian scientists were working tirelessly on a project to mine the moon for Helium-3, which could be used in nuclear reactors to provide enormous amount of power without any harmful carbon emissions or radioactive products.
He was addressing the gathering of academicians and research students at the two-day National level Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology (NCSET–2016) organised by School of Electronics Engineering, VIT University, Chennai campus on Monday.
In his plenary address, he urged the students to pursue research-oriented subjects.
