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Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS on Vimeo - Waterfox. Scope.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) - Waterfox. Ice on the moon: What it means for explorers - latimes.com - Waterfox. Scientists believe that the glow from one extremely cold crater on the moon is due to ice, and now they are aglow too. What does moon ice mean for space exploration? It could be a huge "lunar freezer," acting as a source of water for a nearby lunar base. Think "man on the moon" -- but in a much more permanent way. "Frozen water in particular could be a resource for future human explorers," said Ashwin R.

Vasavada, a planetary scientist for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, in an interview Thursday morning with the Los Angeles Times. SPACE IMAGES: Mickey on Mercury and more The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was sent to the moon in 2009 with a mission of mapping its surface. As Vasavada noted, it's long been theorized that the mountains near the moon's poles could be places of permanent shadow, never feeling the touch of the sun.

But Vasavada cautioned not to moon-leap too far with the orbiter's findings. "It's exciting, though. Firefighters hampered by meteors. Earthlights2_dmsp_big.jpg (JPEG Image, 2400 × 1200 pixels) - Scaled (74%) - Waterfox. Physics 20b: Introduction to Cosmology - Spring 2010 - Download free content from UC Irvine on iTunes - Waterfox. The Solar System's Lost Planet | Solar System | DISCOVER Magazine - Waterfox.