Why is there suddenly a great interest in a new moon landing after more than 50 years?
In: Planetary Science
What they are looking to do is harvest the water on the Moon from the water you can create hydrogen and oxygen, which is basically rocket fuel. Due to the Moon having a lot less gravity than Earth it takes a lot less fuel to leave the Moon than it does the Earth so potentially you can leave the Moon with a substantial amount of fuel onboard making a deep space mission easier. 50 years ago they didn’t think the Moon had any water.
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