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Why researchers are searching for water beyond on the moon and Mars

A picture of the moon.
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Is there water on the moon? What about Mars? If there is, how do we find it?

These are the questions that keep Dr. Craig Hardgrove up at night. He’s a professor at Arizona State University and he spends a lot of time working on projects, including a tiny spacecraft that went to the moon and the Lunar-Vise rover mission.

He’s coming to Boise State’s First Friday Astronomy program this Friday, Oct. 2 and he joined Idaho Matters for a preview.

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