China is launching a moon mission to find water ice

Phys.org reports that China is launching a moon mission to find water ice. The mission aims to answer a question that's been open for nearly two decades: exactly how much accessible water ice lies inside permanently shadowed craters, how deeply it's buried, and what form it takes.

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