Water resources on the Moon are a critical component of international strategies for exploration of the solar system and space-based economic development. Liquid water is essential for human life support and propellant generation. Extreme Lunar conditions of near-vacuum and low temperature preclude the natural presence of liquid water; and they provide the thermodynamic context for water occurrence and its potential extraction. Ice crystals were observed by LCROSS and are inferred to reside in pore spaces of lunar regolith or at the surface in places.

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诱导升华开采月冰的热力学和物理化学框架


月球上的水资源是探索太阳系和太空经济发展的国际战略的重要组成部分。液态水对于人类生命维持和推进剂的产生至关重要。接近真空和低温的极端月球条件排除了液态水的自然存在;它们为水的出现及其潜在的提取提供了热力学背景。LCROSS 观察到了冰晶，并推断它们存在于月球风化层的孔隙空间或表面的某些地方。