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A US radar launched into orbit aboard an Indian spacecraft has detected craters filled with ice on the moon's north pole, NASA says.

The US space agency's Mini-SAR radar found more than 40 small craters ranging in diameter from 1.6 to 15 kilometres, each full of water ice.

''Although the total amount of ice depends on its thickness, it's estimated there could be at least 600 million tonnes of water ice,'' NASA said in a statement.

The finding came weeks after the US President, Barack Obama, halted US ambitions to return astronauts to the moon.

www.smh.com.au...

More sources:

NASA Discovers Massive Amounts of Ice on Moon

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Tons and Tons of Ice Found on the Moon

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reply to post by CHA0S

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The ice is in deep craters near the north pole of the Moon. These are places where the sun don't shine...ever, very dark and very cold. We couldn't see into them before. The mini-SAR instrument is a radar device capable of sensing very small scale features and detecting the presence of water ice.
www.isro.org...

[edit on 3/2/2010 by Phage]

reply to post by Monts

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You don't read too well do you?

The US space agency's Mini-SAR radar found more than 40 small craters ranging in diameter from 1.6 to 15 kilometres, each full of water ice.

There were six manned landings on the Moon. During each only a very small area was explored.

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Monts

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You don't read too well do you?

Take a break PHAGE...have somone rub your temples for you. Sheesh.

reply to post by solarstorm

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careful, last time I tried hushing Phage, a mod was all over me like a pedo at a wiggles concert...

and about the moon and your government... i really believe the moon will still get visitors.... us!
NASA and the messed up government just don't want you to know about it!

[edit on 2/3/10 by spearhead]

reply to post by spearhead

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It can detect changes in polarization of the radar signal.

The radar uses the polarization properties of reflected radio waves to characterize surface properties. Results from the mapping showed deposits having radar characteristics similar to ice.

This information along with other recent (and not so recent) discoveries, makes it a very good bet that those very dark and very cold craters contain water ice.
www.satnews.com...

reply to post by Phage

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nice... i think! i still believe ice is ice and what ever the properties the radar confirm, it can't be characterized until material samples are taken.

if there is the presence of frozen H2O, there must be the presence of oxygen and hydrogen.... thus giving reason for an atmosphere of some type?

but still not confirmed.... eh?

[edit on 2/3/10 by spearhead]

Hopefully this gets Washington's interest! We need to be out in space!

Could the water be harvested with out any danger to the Earth? Also I wonder how much more we are going to find should we investigate more, which we should.

reply to post by spearhead

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Ice means there is something in there regardless. Whatever it melts into...chances are we can use it. I'm no expert on this just speculating.

[edit on 3-3-2010 by kyle43]

reply to post by spearhead

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There is a very thin "atmosphere" on the Moon. But there is no oxygen and very little hydrogen in it.

The "atmosphere" is trillions of times thinner than Earth's. Laboratories would like to be able to create a vacuum that well.

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reply to post by solarstorm

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Hey, Phage kicks the butts of all the irrational people on this board. At least from what I've seen, he's a very smart dude, and he's just trying to deny ignorance. And he's good at it, too.

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Monts

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You don't read too well do you?

The US space agency's Mini-SAR radar found more than 40 small craters ranging in diameter from 1.6 to 15 kilometres, each full of water ice.

A US radar launched into orbit aboard an Indian spacecraft has detected craters filled with ice on the moon's north pole, NASA says.

I do read well... It is obviously US technology, otherwise it wouldn't be NASA reporting; It would be the Indian Space Agency.

I should have made clear that my point was that the mission is launched and controlled by the Indian space agency. I was finding the irony in the fact that the all powerful NASA can't even launch and control it's own missions, along with the fact that all of the most recent moon findings have been discovered through the Indian space agencies missions.

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[edit on 3/3/1010 by Monts]

reply to post by Monts

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You're kidding right?
lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov...
lcross.arc.nasa.gov...


India was launching Chandrayaan-1 and NASA (and the UK, and ESA, and Bulgaria) had an opportunity to put some instruments on board. They jumped at the chance. Makes sense to me.


[edit on 3/3/2010 by Phage]

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