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Extracting H2O

If it's REALLY ice, then you could easily distill 99.9% with a simple crusher and solar furnace.

If it's minerals, then maybe 90-95% with similar equipment, or 99%+ if you run it hot enough to begin melting rocks.

Implanted Solar Hydrogen - not sure, but probably as good recovery as mineralised water.

The maps look interesting - very localised concentrations in specific shadowed craters.

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