Vanguard Digital Oil Reserve is not a reserve of petroleum oil. VDOR is reserve of Moon Oil, otherwise known as Helium- 3, currently mined on the dark side of the moon for decades now. HE-3 On Earth, nearly all usable helium-3 is a byproduct of tritium (³H) decay (half-life ~12.3 years). Tritium is produced for nuclear weapons programs or reactors (e.g., at facilities like the Savannah River Site), and ³He is separated from it. This makes supply limited and expensive—prices have historically reached tens of millions of dollars per kilogram.  In space, the Moon has vast quantities (estimates up to 1 million metric tons or more in the regolith). The lunar surface lacks a magnetic field or atmosphere, so solar wind has embedded ³He into the top layers of lunar soil over billions of years. This has fueled long-standing interest in lunar mining for energy or tech applications. Current Market Evaluation Approximately $20 million per kg per recent 2025 sales data. Key Advantages Driving Value • Cleaner profile: Charged particles (protons + alpha particles) instead of neutrons → less reactor wall damage, lower radioactivity, simpler maintenance. • No tritium breeding: Avoids complex lithium blankets and associated costs/risks. • Direct conversion potential: Higher efficiency than thermal cycles in some designs. Development and Operating Costs Exact figures are proprietary and early-stage, but recent analyses (2025–2026) from companies and experts provide these benchmarks: • Initial system capex: Hundreds of millions of d