Hungarian instrument could find water on the Moon soon

After the great race for getting to the Moon during the Cold War, it is now a goal for many nations again. The destination this time is the South Pole of the Moon. At this location, some craters are in constant shadow. Therefore, there is a possibility that they are filled with frozen water. The second race for the Moon has already started, and it seems that a Hungarian instrument could be important.

Puli Lunar Water Snooper

As Telex reported, the Hungarian Puli Lunar Water Snooper won second place in NASA’s “Honey, I Shrunk the NASA Payload, The Sequel” competition last May. Puli Space Technologies‘ water snooper was the only one to make it to the implementation phase of the category for lunar resource exploration. The key to their success is that they were able to design, manufacture, and deliver three working prototypes to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena for testing within a year. The water snooper is a quite small structure, measuring 10x10x3.4 cm and roughly 0.4 kilogramm. However, it is capable of measuring the hydrogen reservoir hiding in the surface layer of the Moon.

This could provide water for the astronauts. In addition, the hydrogen and oxygen extracted from the water could be used as rocket fuel. NASA provided over USD 290,000 for Puli Space Technologies, which is not as much as it may sound. Thus, they had to seek help from other companies as well, such as Intuitive Machines. Tibor Pacher, the founder of Puli Space Technologies, said: