Red Rising
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Red Rising is a 2014 dystopian science fiction novel by American author Pierce Brown. It is the first book and eponym of the series. The novel, set in the future on Mars, follows lowborn miner Darrow
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Helium-3
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Helium-3 is a light, stable isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron in a nucleus called helion. It is in contrast to the more common isotope, helium-4, which has two protons and two neutron
Red Rising
…is ruled by the mentally and physically superior Golds. Reds are the Society's lowest-status laborers. Mars's underground Red mining colonies harvest Helium-3 fuel for the planet's eventual terraforming, promised that their toil will eventually allow humanity to live on the planet's inhospitable surface…
Electric discharge inside a glass ampule of low pressure Helium-3