NASA today announced that data from it’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) show there is “water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the moon from an unknown source deep beneath the surface.”
I thought we knew this or something like it. And, in fact, we did:
“In 2009, M3 provided the first mineralogical map of the lunar surface and discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. This water is thought to be a thin layer formed from solar wind hitting the moon's surface. Bullialdus crater is in a region with an unfavorable environment for solar wind to produce significant amounts of water on the surface.”
But this new water finding is important because it shows that there must be water trapped under the surface of the moon and not just that thin layer caused by solar winds.
Source seattlepi.com
“In 2009, M3 provided the first mineralogical map of the lunar surface and discovered water molecules in the polar regions of the moon. This water is thought to be a thin layer formed from solar wind hitting the moon's surface. Bullialdus crater is in a region with an unfavorable environment for solar wind to produce significant amounts of water on the surface.”
But this new water finding is important because it shows that there must be water trapped under the surface of the moon and not just that thin layer caused by solar winds.
Source seattlepi.com
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