{"id":628818,"date":"2024-07-24T14:56:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T11:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/uk-backs-space-mirror-to-melt-ice-on-the-moon-into-drinking-water\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T14:56:22","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:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uk-backs-space-mirror-to-melt-ice-on-the-moon-into-drinking-water\/","title":{"rendered":"#UK backs \u2018space mirror\u2019 to melt ice on the Moon into drinking water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37c35e6cc2d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a37c35e6cc2d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/uk-backs-space-mirror-to-melt-ice-on-the-moon-into-drinking-water\/#Moon_bases\" >Moon bases<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image?fit=796%2C417&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2024%2F07%2FUntitled-design-15.jpg&amp;signature=3de66f8dfae718ba7cff8ab5f9edf723\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            The UK hopes to produce water on the Moon with a space mirror that reflects solar rays onto lunar ice.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>On the moon, their elixir is frozen. They want to melt it into water through a technique called solar concentration.<\/p>\n<p>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<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">TNW Conference 2025 &#8211; Back to NDSM on June 19-20, 2025 &#8211; Save the date!<\/p>\n<p>As we wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed up our incredible 2024 edition, we&#8217;re pleased to announce our return to Amsterdam NDSM in 2025. Registration now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>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<p>Finally, the system will condense the components into pure, drinkable water.<\/p>\n<p>It may sound like fantasy, but the British government believes the vision can become a reality.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Moon_bases\"><\/span>Moon bases<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The UK Space Agency has invested \u00a330,000 into the BIS project.<\/p>\n<p>The cash comes from a \u00a3300,000 funding pot that\u2019s been shared across <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/uk-space-agency-awards-ten-technologies-to-purify-water-frozen-in-moons-soil?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&amp;utm_source=bab3b029-b50f-4f4b-935d-dc3f6c8a80fe&amp;utm_content=immediately\">10 different technologies<\/a>. All of them aim to purify <span>ice frozen in the Moon\u2019s soil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>The 10 technologies are competing to create that supply. Their inventors now have<span> until spring 2025 to develop their concepts. The three best will then win a further \u00a3300,000 between them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>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.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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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&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":628819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/tnw-blurple?filter_last=1&fit=1280%2C640&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2024%2F07%2FUntitled-design-15.jpg&signature=8c280c954ce529034e6c405cf0a46409","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}