I would not have thought it was possible, but there you have it. And what's more, based on this 2000 story from Wired, we knew it was coming. It seems our Russian friends are the only ones with a backup plan.
From the current story:
Quote:
"Physicists in particular tend to get almost emotional over helium," said Robert Park, a University of Maryland physics professor and officer of the American Physical Society. "Nothing is really being done to save helium from being lost forever."
Okay, fess up: who's been hitting the gas a little too hard lately?
*blush*