Water Found On The Moon
Back in October many of you were following the events of the LCROSS mission as the probe slamed into the Moon (on purpose), to look for traces of water. Well, after weeks of pouring over mountains of data, NASA has released their initial findings. And it turns out that the Moon contains more water than we once thought.
NASA determined that the only way they could make sense of the data was if water was present on the Moon -- and a rather significant amount of water at that.
This was not completely surprising however; several months ago, NASA determined that deep in the Moon's shadowed craters near the poles, the temperature is a frigid -397 degrees Fehenheight, which is the coldest temperature ever recorded in our Solar System. In order to achieve those kinds of temperatures, a complex mixture of molecules need to be present, including water.
So what does all this mean? Well, water is a key element to life. And if we, as humans, ever hope to spend an extended amount of time on the Moon we will need a continuous source of water. These results lay the foundation for future long term missions to the Moon, and then to Mars.
Image Credit: NASA
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The only thing that I can come up with is that now that we have almost destroyed the Earth we have to try to destroy the moon also !!!! What a huge waste of the taxpayers money
It’s OK Mary, I’ll cross you off the guest list.
I find the ultra-cold temperature interesting.
EARTH BORN PEOPLE WHO SHIFT SHOULD NOT FORGET THE MOTHER LAND EARTH, LET THEM HAVE AN EYE ON THE EARTH AND PROTECT IT FROM THE MOON.