Data From The US And Indian Lunar Spacecraft, Coupled With Computer Simulation, May Have Indicated The Presence Of Ice In The Shadowy Part Of The Moon Poles. This Discovery Could Be A Major Boost For A Lunar Base And Colony Because Of The Potential For Mining The Ice For Sustenance And Rocket Fuel.
The moon’s cold, dark craters near its north and south poles contain water ice directly at the surface, a new study confirms. If the deposits are large enough, people or robots could harvest the water, split it into hydrogen and oxygen, fuel up rockets, and launch a new era of space exploration.