In the past week, plans for a manned lunar base, and a subsequent trip to Mars, were leaking from Washington, DC, almost as fast as air from the international space station.

上周，华盛顿特区透露了宁要建立—个'人类月球基地，然后登上火星的计划。这次透露几乎与国际太空站的空气—样快。

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Dreams of establishing a manned Moon base could become reality within two decades after India's first lunar mission found evidence of large quantities of water on its surface.

印度首次登月发现月球表面存在大量水的的证据，二十年内人类建立月球基地的梦想或许不再遥不可及。

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Building and running a permanently manned lunar base alone will be incredibly expensive.

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It is obvious why one of the biggest costs of a manned lunar base would be sending water to it from earth.

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Eventually, ice deposits could provide water for a manned lunar base, which would otherwise have to bring its water expensively from earth.

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