These inventive ideas could help Artemis astronauts make drinking water on the moon

An illustration of the moon with a target zone filled with colors. each color represents concentrations of hydrogen. above are two spacecraft tracks as they move above the surface.

There's a simple reason that forthcoming NASA Artemis missions are slated to land around the moon's south pole: the area is thought to harbor lots of water ice. 

Not only can humans theoretically drink that moon water, they can also split off its oxygen atoms to create breathable air. But first, astronauts will need a way to turn the ice into liquid water.