#Moon 🌙 scouts will all be #robotic, designed to build a foundation for #astronauts 👨‍🚀 to follow about two years later. There is need for transporting 🚀 large masses of equipment and materials from #Earth. An #IntuitiveMachines lander is set to reach the Moon later this year. #NASA’s #JPL will release a “swarm” of robot-explorers equipped with stereo cameras 📹 and charged with creating photorealistic #3D maps 🗺️ of the #lunar terrain https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2024/04/27/robot-explorers-futuristic-spacex-starships-set-to-transform-the-moon/

#SpaceRobot#SpaceLogistics#Starship

Triple #oxygen isotopes of #lunar #water unveil indigenous and cometary heritage: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2321069121 -> "Our data support an indigenous primary water source for the Moon. This enstatite-dominant source may have been an initial reservoir from the Earth-Moon impact or a consequence of delivered materials in the early growth stages of the Moon. Cometary contributions are indicated by the extremely negative δ18O and positive Δ′17O values observed in our data" -> https://press.vub.ac.be/vub-study-reveals-origins-of-lunar-water-and-its-connection-to-earths-early-history

🚽 ☕ "When it comes to our #urine on #ISS, today’s coffee is tomorrow’s #coffee” https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/05/world/space-station-toilet-scn-trnd/index.html

Pictures : #Lunar Loo, Samantha #Cristoforetti drinks #ISSpresso
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lunar_Loo_-_NASA_Tournament_Challenge_promotion.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-43_Samantha_Cristoforetti_drinks_coffee_in_the_Cupola.jpg

#HumanSpaceflightBasics#SpaceFood