China’s Chang’e-7 mission this year will be the world’s first to attempt to sample and directly measure water on the moon, but just touching lunar ice could mean losing it, a team of scientists warns in a new paper.
Its spacecraft is expected to touch down near the rim of Shackleton crater at the lunar south pole, where it will deploy a rover and hopper to search for ice.
While water could support long-term human activity on the moon, from providing drinking water and oxygen to producing rocket…
Its spacecraft is expected to touch down near the rim of Shackleton crater at the lunar south pole, where it will deploy a rover and hopper to search for ice.
While water could support long-term human activity on the moon, from providing drinking water and oxygen to producing rocket…
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