Arkansas and Wisconsin started this process, and one can only hope that others will follow with unique ideas for how to move forward.

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Research at the Fusion Technology Institute at the University of Wisconsin has also suggested that the process of mining helium-3 would produce other minerals to support space settlements.

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And Virent, based in Madison, Wisconsin, is making alkanes out of sugars using a chemical, rather than a biological, process.

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