Helium 3 is a resource critical for quantum computing and other futuristic technologies like fusion energy.

It's extremely rare on Earth, but abundant on the moon, which is why Blue Force has struck a 10-year, $300 million deal with Interlune to supply Helium 3, mined from the moon.

Blue Force is a Finland-based cryogenic cooling company for

quantum technology. Interlune is a venture-backed startup developing spacecraft and infrastructure

to extract the resource from the moon and bring it back to Earth. Interloon is also developing

methods to produce more helium-3 terrestrily as well. Delivery would begin in 2028. On this episode, Interloon co-founders, Rob

Meyerson and James Antefev, and Blue Force chief business development officer David Gunnerson,

talk helium-3, quantum, and the moon. I'm Morgan Brennan, and this is Manifest Space.

Joining me now, Rob Meyerson, Interloon co-founder and CEO, James Antefev, Interloon, co-founder, and head of product,

and Dr. David Gunnerson, Blue Forr's Chief Business Development Officer and Principal Scientist.

Gentlemen, it's great to speak with all of you today. Thank you for taking the time.

Very happy to be here. So you're all joining me right now because you announced a big partnership, a deal this week.

So Rob, I'll start this off with you and specifically what this means for Interloon,

this partnership between Interloon and Blue Force.

Well, thanks Morgan, and we're really happy to be here.

We announced this week on Tuesday at the Quantum World Congress

that Blue Force, the world's market leader in cryogenic dilution refrigeration

and interloon have entered into a partnership to where

interloon will provide helium 3, which is a stable isotope of helium for, which is the essential

ingredient for cooling quantum chips down to millicelvin temperatures.

And we announced this agreement and it is really the best signal

we've had yet that helium-3 is a critical material for the future of quantum computing. And we're

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