South Pole

Our Moon's South Pole looks to play a very important part as we start to set up bases on the Moon

Avery important discovery made was that within the creators at the South Pole although bathed in near-constant sunlight there are areas that are never exposed to sunlight that does not reach their interior and therefore are very cold, these areas are called cold traps, This has lead to the further discovery of large quantities of Water found in these areas.

The reason for this is the rotation of our Moon is almost perpendicular to the Sun as the Moon's axial tilt with respect to the ecliptic is only 1.5424° unlike the Earth that has seasons as it rotates with an angle of Earths axis is tilted by 23.44 degrees to the Sun thus the amazing significance of the light from the Sun never entering the bottom of the Creators at the Poles of our Moon.

Average Illumination and Daytime Temperature of the Lunar South Pole

The second important discovery is that at the South Pole is there are also areas that are almost in permanent sunlight that would enable Solar Panels to produce almost uninterrupted solar energy that can be used to extract the Water and also to split it into Hydrogen and Oxygen that are very useful rocket propellants and raw chemicals for additional luna manufacturing the Oxygen is also vital for humans to breath and for plant growth for food.

Water on our Moon could greatly enhance our ability to have permanent bases on the Moon.

From images taken by Clementine in 1994, it appears that four mountainous regions on the rim of Peary Crater at the Moon's north pole may remain illuminated for the entire lunar day, creating peaks of eternal light. No such regions exist at the south pole.