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Brain Food: Widespread Moon Water Offers New Promise for Space Exploration | KNAU Arizona Public Radio

Posted by Author on Source on May 18, 2018

Flagstaff planetary scientist Christopher Edwards has detected water all over the moon, which could mean new possibilities for space travel using the moon as a basecamp.

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Edwards, a professor at Northern Arizona University, says the water could be used to make rocket fuel, air to breathe and water to drink.

“The exact context of this water is not super clear. It might be absorbed onto little grains, so little water molecules sticking on the outside of these regolith grains, so… Read more

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