U.S. Secretary of Commerce stated that U.S. authorities want to make a “gas station” out of the moon for exploration of the deep space, Wilbur Ross stated during an interview with CNBC channel, Finance.ua reports.
“The deep space exploration will largely depend upon how successful we are in turning the moon into a kind of gas station for outer space. The plan is to break down the ice [there] into hydrogen and oxygen, use those as the fuel propellant. Then at the moon, you have very low gravity so you do not need so much thrust to go from the moon to Mars, for example, or another asteroid. We should use new technological opportunities, and the creation of the gas station on the Moon will further become one of such opportunities”.