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Jason Lindsey discusses scientists including some students at Morehead State University spending months in a special lab engineering the Lunar Ice Cube Spacecraft.

Think kentucky, but did you know kentucky's biggest export is neither?

It's actually science!

To be exact aerospace, which is helping america head back to the moon.

Jason lindsey takes us to morehead state university where students are engineering the lunar ice cube.

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"we are the lead institution on the lunar ice cube mission."

Dr. ben malphrus is the executive director at the space science center, in morehead.

"a lot of partners are contributing elements, components, and products and we pull it all together here into the spacecraft."

"scientists including some students here at morehead state university will spend months in this special lab behind me engineering the lunar ice cube spacecraft."

"students are involved in the design of the spacecraft, testing of the spacecraft, integration of the spacecraft, and even operation of the spacecraft."

It's main job, to search for water on the moon.

"water is an incredibility precious material on the lunar surface.

Water for the astronauts to drink, for industrial processes, we can break it down into oxygen to breath, and into hydrogen for rocket fuel."

Launching kentucky into the next big space race, back to the moon, in morehead, i'm jason lindsey.

The lunar ice cube, engineered in kentucky, will launch, to the moon, in september of 20-