One of the most important challenges of traveling to the moon is the supply of water needed by astronauts. In addition to water, oxygen supply is also very important. It is not difficult to supply oxygen like water. Water is known as a volatile element in space science, it will be the basis of scientists’ planning to discover it.
According to Tekna technology and technology news service, one of the methods of scientists is extracting water from the moon. This project is called the thermal extraction of ice from the cold bodies of the solar system and was invented by George Sowers, an expert in space resources. In this design, sunlight and its radiation to a point is used with the help of a giant lens or similar tool. If there is ice in the heating area, it will evaporate due to the heat and the existing water can be removed by using a chilling mechanism. Then this can be used in space activities.
In this idea for extracting water, there are three important parts. Apple made a big mirror called Heliostat for it. The second part is the presence of a large tent to collect water vapor, and the third part is the cooling system to absorb the vapor and convert it. All the mentioned parts are all simple systems and do not require special technology. But the important thing is that this system has not been used so far.
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