"Volcano Water" .. A haven for astronauts to drink on the moon
A new scientific study has confirmed that astronauts can drink and bathe on the moon in the future using water flowing from ice volcanoes.
The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Colorado in the United States, pointed out that there is increasing evidence to suggest that the moon may contain a large amount of water more than previously thought, according to the British newspaper, The Independent.
She added that this water was the result of freezing steam from the eruption of the huge volcanoes that formed the moonhorses (the dark areas that humans see on the surface of the moon when looking at it from Earth).
The study team, published in The Planetary Science Journal, confirmed that this vapor froze in several areas on the moon's surface, and that astronauts might use it for drinking and bathing.
Andrew Wilkowsky, lead author of the study, said: 'This icy volcanic water has accumulated on the surface of the moon over long periods of time, forming layers of ice, tens of feet or more thick, and is a boon to lunar explorers who need water for drinking and bathing, even if They had to dig and remove some lunar dirt to get to this water."
And recent evidence increasingly indicates that the Moon is wetter than scientists previously expected. And in October 2020. For the first time, American scientists confirmed the presence of water molecules trapped inside mineral grains on the moon's surface, with the possibility of more of them in ice spots in areas of permanent shadows that the sun's rays do not reach.
And the US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) postponed the scheduled landing of American astronauts on the moon's surface until at least 2025. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said last November that the first human landing under the agency's Artemis program "is likely not before 2025."
Artemis' timetable included the return of American astronauts to the moon's surface for the first time since the 1970s by 2024. The administration of former US President Donald Trump announced this in 2019.
With the mission already over budgeted, and demanding in terms of money and time, observers have long questioned adherence to this timetable.
The current president, Joe Biden, agreed to continue the Artemis program, which began during the era of his predecessor Trump, to send astronauts to the moon, with the aim of paving the way for more ambitious manned flights to Mars.
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