---
id: "quote-no-substitute"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["00:01:58"]
tags: ["chemistry", "manufacturing"]
related: ["claim-no-helium-substitute", "concept-helium-fab-dependency"]
speaker: "Nate B. Jones"
speakers: ["Nate B. Jones"]
sources: ["s50-helium-48-days"]
sourceVaultSlug: "s50-helium-48-days"
originDay: 50
---
# No Substitute for Helium

> "There is no substitute for helium in these processes. None."

— [[entity-nate-b-jones]]

The speaker's emphatic statement of the chemistry-level lock-in. Anchors [[claim-no-helium-substitute]] and [[concept-helium-fab-dependency]].