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A new study of satellite data finds that numerous volcanic deposits distributed across the surface of the Moon contain unusually high amounts of trapped water compared with surrounding terrains. The finding of water in these ancient deposits, which are believed to consist of glass beads formed by the explosive eruption of magma coming from the deep lunar interior, bolsters the idea that the lunar mantle is surprisingly water-rich.
Scientists had assumed for years that the interior of the Moon had been largely depleted of water and other volatile compounds. That began to change in 2008, when a research team including Brown University geologist Alberto Saal detected trace amounts of water in some of the volcanic glass beads brought back to Earth from the Apollo 15 and 17 missions to the Moon. In 2011, further study of tiny crystalline formations within those beads revealed that they actually contain similar amounts of water as some basalts on Earth. That suggests that the Moon's mantle—parts of it, at least—contain as much water as Earth's.
The researchers found evidence of water in nearly all of the large pyroclastic deposits that had been previously mapped across the Moon's surface, including deposits near the Apollo 15 and 17 landing sites where the water-bearing glass bead samples were collected.
maybe NASA needs resources to get to the Moon again. Maybe both.
originally posted by: vinifalou
a reply to: DAVID64
Mhmm, guess I'm one of these guys that'd rather change the way we live here than moving to a new planet. If we do we're gonna let this repeat. Over and over again.
Then why not make something to prevent this from happening (probably again)?
originally posted by: DAVID64
maybe NASA needs resources to get to the Moon again. Maybe both.
That we are trapped on Earth, just sitting ducks for a large asteroid, irritates me to no end.
originally posted by: VenatiusFortunatus
originally posted by: vinifalou
a reply to: DAVID64
Mhmm, guess I'm one of these guys that'd rather change the way we live here than moving to a new planet. If we do we're gonna let this repeat. Over and over again.
Then why not make something to prevent this from happening (probably again)?
How about a really big rock hitting earth ? Are you ready for a century as CHUD ? ( Old movie)
Have you ever heard the old saying, "don't put all your eggs in one basket" ?
The expansion into space is insurance for our species. That is more important than personal preferences.
VF
originally posted by: Tardacus
I agree, they knew about this and about a lot of other things a long time ago,this and a lot of other info that they are releasing now is at least40 year old info, we won`t know what they know now until 40 years from now.
originally posted by: carewemust
WHAT makes water?
originally posted by: vinifalou
a reply to: DAVID64
Mhmm, guess I'm one of these guys that'd rather change the way we live here than moving to a new planet. If we do we're gonna let this repeat. Over and over again.
Then why not make something to prevent this from happening (probably again)?
originally posted by: vinifalou
a reply to: VenatiusFortunatus
And how moving to Mars would prevent this from happening?
originally posted by: carewemust
WHAT makes water?
The chemical elements in water, hydrogen and oxygen, are some of the most abundant elements in the universe. Astronomers see the signature of water in giant molecular clouds between the stars, in disks of material that represent newborn planetary systems, and in the atmospheres of giant planets orbiting other stars.
Which is great news for booze enthusiasts. Each molecule of ethanol, the alcohol that gives us so much pleasure, includes nine atoms: two carbon, one oxygen and six hydrogen. Hence the chemical symbol C₂H₆O. It's as if the universe turned itself into a monumental distillery on purpose.