{"id":122079,"date":"2023-11-23T15:09:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=122079"},"modified":"2023-11-23T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T15:09:09","slug":"nasa-boffins-to-harvest-drinkable-space-water-from-moon-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/nasa-boffins-to-harvest-drinkable-space-water-from-moon-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA boffins to harvest drinkable ‘space water’ from moon rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA is looking to get space water from samples of rocks on the moon \u2013 and it could give future lunar bases a vital source of hydration in the future.<\/p>\n

Thanks to researchers from the United States Naval Researcher Laboratory, solar-wind hydrogen was found in lunar samples from the moon's surface. The hydrogen was found in lunar soil sample 79221, and was thought to have been created as a result of showers from solar . . . or possibly a comet strike.<\/p>\n

And now, in order to save future costs \u2013 as it is thought to costs several thousands of dollars to send a single water bottle on a moon mission \u2013 the experts are now looking to harness the moon water for future use.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHydrogen has the potential to be a resource that can be used directly on the lunar surface when there are more regular or permanent installations there,\u201d said Dr. Katherine Burgess, geologist at the NRL\u2019s Materials Science and Technology Division. \u201cLocating resources and understanding how to collect them prior to getting to the Moon is going to be incredibly valuable for space exploration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first-time scientists have demonstrated detection of hydrogen-bearing species within vesicles in lunar samples.<\/p>\n

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