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Water Ice on the Moon: The Resource That Makes Lunar Settlement Possible
For most of the 20th century, astronomers assumed the Moon was completely dry. That changed when NASA's LCROSS mission in 2009 confirmed water ice in lunar craters. Lunar water ice is now one of the most strategically important resources in the solar system.
NASA's Artemis Program: Building a Permanent Presence on the Moon
More than fifty years after Apollo 11, NASA is sending humans back to the Moon — but this time with the explicit goal of staying. Artemis aims to land the first woman on the lunar surface and create infrastructure for permanent human presence and eventual Mars missions.
Mining Helium-3 on the Moon to Fuel Future Fusion Economies
The Moon's surface is laced with helium-3, a rare isotope blown there by the solar wind over billions of years. On Earth, helium-3 is almost nonexistent. In a fusion reactor, it would burn cleanly and efficiently. The combination — rare isotope plus future energy technology — is why the Moon is already at the center of the 21st century's resource race.