... could contain higher than average amounts of hydrogen, and water ice. Moon Express will therefore utilise this opportunity to explore the... Moon’s south pole for mineral resources and water. Building on the past ILO-1 evolution builds upon ...
...! The price of these major kits is a bit eye-watering in comparison with other consumer products (to use a very broad...2030, a favoured destination because of the likelihood of finding water-ice there. NASA officials are adamant that no new ‘Moon race...
... are volcanically active; Saturn’s moon Titan spews out water ice, Jupiter’s moon Io has hundreds of volcanoes created... oxide minerals magnetite and hematite, due to the lack of water on the planet. Hematite in turn affects the minerals reflectance ...
... the universe. “No human has ever visited the lunar pole regions, where unmanned missions have discovered water ice,” he continues. “This is an important resource because you can produce rocket propellant and oxygen from it. Both lunar...
...On the surface of the Moon, long-term habitats are planned, supported by in-situ resource utilisation of regolith and water ice, supporting long-term, extensive exploration efforts. As the previous NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine often said, “This...
... on interplanetary missions throughout the solar system. It truly enables the science of the LunaH-Map mission, mapping water-ice at the lunar south pole with a miniature neutron spectrometer,” said Prof. Craig Hardgrove, Arizona State University...