Sentences with phrase «for lunar ice»

Both instruments returned far stronger evidence for lunar ice, a resource whose presence the LCROSS impact mission eventually confirmed.

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Equally enticing, some permanently shadowed craters near the lunar south pole seem to contain ice, which could provide water and air for the base.

For example, he pointed to sun - shy craters at the lunar poles, where near - constant darkness has trapped and preserved water ice ripe for conversion into oxygen, water and rocket propellaFor example, he pointed to sun - shy craters at the lunar poles, where near - constant darkness has trapped and preserved water ice ripe for conversion into oxygen, water and rocket propellafor conversion into oxygen, water and rocket propellant.

It could even go as low as 50 % FIRST the synchronized lunar and planet cycles will both be descending down to the driest part of their cycles in 2019/20 (this only occurs once every 297 years in Australia) SECOND Antarctic sea ice extent has been trending up to now be at record high levels for the last 34 years.