<div dir="ltr"><div>The latest missions suggest water is all over the Moon and not that rare - <a href="https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/09/scientists-confirm-water-all-over-the-moon/">https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/09/scientists-confirm-water-all-over-the-moon/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately we cancelled the VIPER effort <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-ends-viper-project-continues-moon-exploration/">https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-ends-viper-project-continues-moon-exploration/</a> ... and Athena crashed <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/intuitive-machines-athena-space-craft-declared-dead-after-landing-sideways-in-a-crater-on-the-moon-153443232.html">https://www.yahoo.com/news/intuitive-machines-athena-space-craft-declared-dead-after-landing-sideways-in-a-crater-on-the-moon-153443232.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>... so stay tuned. <br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM David Lang <<a href="mailto:david@lang.hm">david@lang.hm</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">David Bray wrote:<br>
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> I'd go for burning hydrogen - not hydrogen fusion - if we can extract water<br>
> from the Moon with solar power as the initial kick-starter. We will need<br>
> the hydrogen for future rockets launched from the Moon's lower gravity to<br>
> Mars and beyond too...<br>
<br>
I think water is better used for people than for burning. There isn't that much <br>
of it out there.<br>
<br>
There are times you need the high thrust, but if you can use electricity <br>
instead, it's better in the long run (and on the moon, with 14 day 'nights' I <br>
think nuclear will win<br>
<br>
burning hycrogen may be needed for landings and maneuvering, but use magnetics <br>
for launching.<br>
<br>
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