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Water traps found on Moon that astronauts can use for drinking

發現於月球的水阱 讓太空人能用來喝水

精英翻譯社轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1410276

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Water could be more common on the moon than previously thought in what would provide "everything that NASA needs" for future lunar missions.

在月球上，水可能比過去想像的更加普遍，將能提供「所有NASA需要的東西」，給未來的月球任務。

Natural supplies of water there would allow astronauts to hydrate themselves and help to provide fuel for other space projects.

自然供給的水讓太空人能自己補水，並且提供燃料給其他太空計畫。

Researchers have suggested that in some cases tiny patches of ice might exist in permanent shadows. This lunar phenomena, called cold traps, are shadowy regions of the moon’s surface that exist in a state of eternal darkness.

研究人員指出，在某些情況下，小塊的冰可能存在於永遠陰暗處。這種月球現象稱為冷阱，為月球表面的陰暗地區，存在於永恆的黑暗中。

It is thought that many of the cold traps have gone without a single ray of sunlight for potentially billions of years. Scientists believe there may be a lot more of these traps than previous data had suggested.

許多冷阱被認為已經在數十億年沒有1束陽光的狀況下消失了。科學家們相信，可能有比先前推測數據更多的阱。