kikipeepers asked
A "significant amount" of frozen water has been found on the moon, heralding a giant leap forward in space exploration and boosting hopes of a permanent lunar base. "Yes indeed we found water and we did not find only a little bit but a significant amount," said Anthony Colaprete, project scientist and principal investigator for the 79-million-dollar LCROSS mission. "Along with the water in Cabeus, there are hints of other intriguing substances. The permanently shadowed regions of the moon are truly cold traps, collecting and preserving material over billions of years." Colaprete said any lunar water would have to be extracted and purified before it could be used for drinking. "There's methanol in there. I wouldn't drink it. You'd go blind," he said. "If you could clean it, it would be drinkable water," he added.
84 answers · 0 comments
Answer this yourself in the app
See how this splits by age, gender, and region in the app.
