Astrobotic Technology Inc. (a spinoff of Carnegie Mellon University) are building a robot that will go to the moon's north pole to search for ice.
Polaris is equipped with a drill to test the rocks and a fin of solar cells, which are vertical so they can capture the low-lying sun's rays. A lunar day lasts 14 Earth days, and the scientists say only 10 of those are bright enough to prospect for water at the dark poles.
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