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Chinese lunar probe finds water in moon samples (phys.org)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Is it drinkable

[โ€“] yggdar 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Any liquid is drinkable, some even more than once!

[โ€“] Zachariah 3 points 3 months ago

ew

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

From the article it's in the form of hydrated salts, so it's not drinkable as it stands, but I expect it could be extracted and purified to be so.

[โ€“] franklin 4 points 3 months ago

Only one way to find out!

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Try it and find out.