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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>All of the areas identified by NASA are located in the vicinity of the lunar south pole and contain plenty of terrain that is yet to be explored by humans.<\/p>\n

NASA has identified possible landing regions on the Moon as the US space agency moves towards launching a manned mission to Earth\u2019s only natural satellite in the near future.<\/p>\n

According to a statement on NASA\u2019s website, all of the regions are located within six degrees latitude of the Moon\u2019s south pole, an area that \u201ccontains permanently shadowed regions rich in resources and in terrain unexplored by humans.\u201d<\/p>\n

All of the areas in question contain sites that would afford continuous access to sunlight for the duration of the mission, which is important since access to sunlight not only provides a power source, but also \u201cminimizes temperature variations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist for NASA, also remarked that \u201cdeveloping a blueprint for exploring the solar system means learning how to use resources that are available to us while also preserving their scientific integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLunar water ice is valuable from a scientific perspective and also as a resource, because from it we can extract oxygen and hydrogen for life support systems and fuel,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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