Ice May Be In Lunar Crater

Lunar explorers may find it easier than expected to mine water ice at the Moon's South Pole, if a new interpretation of laser altimeter data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is correct. Mapping the floor of Shackleton Crater at what NASA describes as unprecedented detail, scientists calculated...

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