THE HELIUM CAPITAL
October 30, 2008
October 30, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The office of Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following newsletter:
When scientists in France and England discovered helium 140 years ago, their eyes were on the sun, not on Texas. Yet decades later, the Lone Star State became the epicenter of the "lifting gas," and Amarillo gained the title "Helium Capital of the World." Still today, the federal helium facility northwest of Amarillo accounts for a third of the world's supply of hel . . .
When scientists in France and England discovered helium 140 years ago, their eyes were on the sun, not on Texas. Yet decades later, the Lone Star State became the epicenter of the "lifting gas," and Amarillo gained the title "Helium Capital of the World." Still today, the federal helium facility northwest of Amarillo accounts for a third of the world's supply of hel . . .