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DARPA requests proposals for water-prospecting lunar orbiter

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DARPA requests proposals for water-prospecting lunar orbiter

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Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 30 days ago

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DARPA is seeking proposals for a small lunar orbiter that could be used to test operations in very low orbits while prospecting for water ice.

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map the lunar surface for concentrations of water ice “that are large enough and with a high enough confidence to justify the expense and energy required to retrieve it,”

Wow, sounds like they’re pretty serious about this.

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