dean bergman at honeybee robotics. honeybee robotics is developing cutting edge tools to help nasa find and extract water on the moon or mars. - oh. nice. - [dean] why don't we go look at some cool things. - alright. - [dean] we are developing these technologies to be able to create a sustainable civilization off of our planet. water is the most precious resource in space. just because we can use it for so much and the more we can collect, the more ability we'd have to really live off world and on other planets. - [narrator] in 2009, nasa confirmed the presence of water onhe moon the form of ice. some estimate more than a hundred million tons might be found under the surface at the moon's south pole. not only will future space faring pioneers, need this water to drink and grow food. (water drips) this essential liquid has another potential important use in space. by splitting water to hydrogen and oxygen, both of these molecules can be used as propellant for spacecrafts. - [dean] water can also be used as rockefuel. so