While the Obama administration considers whether to fund a planned U.S. return to the moon, scientists will be scouring the surface of Earth’s satellite to search for a precious resource: water.
NASA has been planning to return to the moon following the space shuttle and space station programs, but faces a budget shortfall of about $3 billion a year, according to a summary report of a presidential study team tasked to come up with options for the U.S. human space program.
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