Going Going Gone article reflection

The article going going gone is about how helium, the second most common substance in the universe is one of the most difficult substances to find on earth. Though it can be found in America. Outside of Amarillo, Texas is the largest concentration of helium on earth. So when people here they normally think that everything is fine. We have plenty of helium when they should know that we don't. What I found out from this article that was quiet interesting was that America has two of the worlds largest concentrations of helium. One outside of Amarillo, Texas and one under the great plains. But one thing that worries me is that when helium is gone then we'll lose some important things like helium balloons, and even space programs. But why don't we just save our helium. Why sell it to others when we need it for ourselves. It sounds shellfish to think that way but why not. Well one reason is the FHR's lightly large debt. The FHR ( Federal Helium Reserve) which began in 1925 when the helium was discovered. Well since then the FHR has been massing a large debt through their experiments and their research. So because of this they are forced to sell some of their helium to other countries where helium is in demand like China, and India.

Questions

1. Why is the element helium so rare on earth, yet abundant throughout the universe. This question I found a little hard to answer. Some parts of the article say that these natural gas pockets developed from decaying radioactive elements. Maybe that is becoming harder and harder to produce or that it's just not common or like the article said earth once had plenty of helium but it was burned off by the sun eons ago.

2. What do we need helium for anyway? Well for starters kids won't have epic balloons at birthday parties. Nor will they get bouncy castle's. Also space programs will not be possible without the helium the rockets won't take off and land safely. And finally MRI machines won't be able to work either.

3.What could we do about this problem? Honestly I haven't a clue. Maybe we should find new elements for rockets and such and save up our helium for when we most need it.