{"id":15373,"date":"2024-07-24T11:56:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T11:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1408758"},"modified":"2024-07-24T11:56:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T11:56:22","slug":"uk-backs-space-mirror-to-melt-ice-on-the-moon-into-drinking-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=15373","title":{"rendered":"UK backs \u2018space mirror\u2019 to melt ice on the Moon into drinking water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The UK hopes to produce water on the Moon with a space mirror that reflects solar rays onto lunar ice.<\/p>\n

The device is the brainchild of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS), the world\u2019s oldest space advocacy organisation. Boffins at the BIS named the device \u201cGanymede\u2019s Chalice,\u201d after a mythical cup that turns mortals into Gods.<\/p>\n

On the moon, their elixir is frozen. They want to melt it into water through a technique called solar concentration.<\/p>\n

Automated cranes will first place the lunar ice into an air-locked crucible. A curved mirror will then reflect sunlight onto the ice.<\/p>\n

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Using heat from the concentrated rays, the BIS plans to boil the components one-by-one. Each of them will then be stored in safe and compact forms.<\/p>\n

Finally, the system will condense the components into pure, drinkable water.<\/p>\n

It may sound like fantasy, but the British government believes the vision can become a reality.<\/p>\n

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The UK Space Agency has invested \u00a330,000 into the BIS project.<\/p>\n

The cash comes from a \u00a3300,000 funding pot that\u2019s been shared across 10 different technologies<\/a>. All of them aim to purify ice frozen in the Moon\u2019s soil.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of them plans to produce sound waves that remove contaminants from water. Another diverts UV light from LEDs to break down harmful components from lunar soil.<\/p>\n

These futuristic ideas could have a market in just a few years. NASA aims to establish a lunar base by the end of the decade. To sustain human life, the camp will need a reliable water source.<\/p>\n

The 10 technologies are competing to create that supply. Their inventors now have until spring 2025 to develop their concepts. The three best will then win a further \u00a3300,000 between them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although they\u2019re all dreaming of space, their systems could still be deployed closer to home. If all goes to plan, the tech will also expand access to water on Earth.<\/p>\n

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