These moon rocks could be a source of water for future astronauts NASA Johnson
Future lunar explorers may be able to wring water from a stone. A prototype device has extracted water and oxygen from artificial moon dust efficiently and autonomously.
About half of the soil on the moon is made of silicon or iron oxides, which are rich in oxygen. Michèle Lavagna at the Polytechnic University of Milan in Italy and her colleagues built and tested a device to extract that oxygen. Lavagna presented this work at a virtual meeting of the Europlanet Science Congress on 23…
![Small dome in the Compton-Belkovich region (61.33 ?N, 99.68 ?E). Evidence indicates a volcanic origin for this and other intriguing features in the region. Incidence angle is 64?, Sun is from the SSW, image is ~510 m across. NAC image number M139238146L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].](https://images.newscientistbeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/07172644/SEI_163208069.jpg)
