An element discovered on the moon could revolutionize space travel

New analysis Lunar rocksCollected during the Apollo missions nasa, He revealed something important that could revolutionize space travel.

Researchers discovered its existence for the first time hydrogenWhich means that astronauts could, one day, They produce water There, on the moon.

US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) borrowed rocks for a study, and announced last week that it had discovered the element in one of the samples.

“Hydrogen has the potential to do that Resources “They could be used directly on the lunar surface when there are more regular or permanent facilities there,” said the study’s lead author, geologist Katherine Burgess.

“Identifying resources and understanding how to collect them before we get to the Moon will be invaluable to space exploration.”

According to discretion NASASending a bottle of water to Earth’s satellite would cost thousands of dollars. Therefore, if it becomes possible to produce water there, the cost will fall astronomically.

The US space agency said: “The hydrogen deposits on the Moon can be extracted if they are abundant enough, and they can be broken down into its components to form some of the basic products that we will need to settle there.”

the The south pole of the moon It is considered, for a long time, The ideal location for any future lunar baseBecause its many craters constantly receive sunlight, but it also has shadow. Thus, it becomes possible to produce electricity using photovoltaic cells, while at the same time making ice available for water extraction, as New Scientist magazine pointed out.

However, the interesting fact is that the data were collected near the equator and not at the lunar poles, which means that the NLR results offer “significant implications for the stability and conservation of molecular hydrogen, in regions beyond the lunar poles.”

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