The space economy is set to surge in the years ahead, and helium has a crucial role to play. Christian Annesley gets you up to speed
Helium is a crucial industrial gas in many contexts, but the growth of the space industry perhaps represents the biggest market-growth opportunity for the gas molecule in the years ahead.
The fast-evolving developments in space and satellites are particularly important in a context where some other big consumers, such as healthcare, could potentially dwindle if technology advances reduce the need over time for helium to support magnetic resonance imaging scans, for example.
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