lunar water
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Will Mining the Moon and Asteroids Be Worth the Trouble?
The new era of space exploration is opening entirely new possibilities, including the tantalising prospect of mining for resources on the Moon and asteroids. Sounds exciting—and potentially very profitable—but the reality of the situation is that space mining is completely uncharted territory. Plenty of prospecting needs to be done first to determine if these resources…
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Meet VIPER, NASA’s New Water-Hunting, Crater-Crushing Lunar Rover
Equipped with headlights and a suite of powerful instruments, NASA’s VIPER is poised to revolutionise our understanding of lunar water, and how much of it might be available to future explorers. Here’s what you need to know about the golf cart-sized rover, which is scheduled to reach the Moon in late 2023.
