Moon rivers? UK scientists at heart of mission to extract water from lunar rock

With the success of Artemis, lunar travel is back on the agenda - and a way to produce water on moon is vital for human presence

In 1970, Neil Armstrong predicted there would be people living in Antarctica-style lunar research bases within our lifetime". He was wrong: it's been 50 years since the last Apollo crewed mission.

Perhaps not so very wrong, however. Ten years after Armstrong's death, lunar travel is back on the agenda, with teams of scientists around the world working to fulfil Nasa's aspiration to have humans living on the moon within the decade.