BENGALURU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - India's space agency is attempting to land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole, a mission that could advance India's ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSBENGALURU/WASHINGTON - India's space agency is attempting to land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole, a mission that could advance India's space ambitions and expand knowledge of lunar water ice, potentially one of the moon's most valuable resources.
In 2008, Brown University researchers revisited those lunar samples with new technology and found hydrogen inside tiny beads of volcanic glass. In 2009, a NASA instrument aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-1 probe detected water on the moon's surface. If water ice exists in sufficient quantities, it could be a source of drinking water for moon exploration and could help cool equipment.
The 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty prohibits any nation from claiming ownership of the moon. There is no provision that would stop commercial operations.
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