is there something special about the South Pole of the moon, where the India's robot landed?

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Where did NASA vehicles land?

[Blues Heron]

1. Ice might be there in relative abundance

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3. Thank you

[indigoth]

2. Yes

Much of the moon’s southern pole is perpetually in shadow. And so, there’s a better chance for there to be ice there.

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4. Thank you. Will the same robot be able to find ice there?

[royable]

6. I don't know about "much," but the general surface receives less solar radiance,

and indeed, the interiors of rimmed craters or other depressions would never receive direct sunlight. So there's a non-negligible *fraction* of the surface which doesn't receive direct sunlight. There's always starshine so it wouldn't be pitch dark within the crater.

[msongs]

5. the dark side is already taken nt

[lastlib]

11. ("There is no dark side of the moon....

Matter of fact, it's ALL dark."......)

[roamer65]

7. Water.

[royable]

8. Interactive map of every prior successful lunar soft landing:

https://starlust.org/successful-moon-landings-interactive-map/

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9. Wow! That's amazing. The Indian one has yet to be added

Thank you for posting

[NNadir]

10. Nice question and nice answers. n/t.