Let’s bottle it and make trillions.
In the early 20th century, it was believed the moon was a dry desolate place. Then a half-century later when the Wright brothers “Flying Machine” was replaced by the Apollo missions, moon rocks were collected during the 15th and 17 missions leading to the discovery of crystalized water within the sample volcanic moon rocks. This was a major discovery. Yet, scientists were unsure of whether this was an anomaly or a widespread occurrence.
It wasn’t until 2008, nearly another half-century later, that researchers examined the samples again. Afterwards the evidence of moon water began to be fruitful. In 2009, NASA crashed a satellite into a moon crater to search for more evidence. The crash provided NASA with water ice and hydroxyl signatures; a fantastic find. In 2010, more moon rock samples were reexamined. The examinations found minerals called apatite. Apatite is a common signature of water. Geologists began to suspect there could be massive reserves locked within the moon. One scientist ventured to say that if all the water were to be leached out of the rocks, there would be a one-yard ocean completely covering the moon’s surface.
Geologists aren’t completely certain of the amount of water given we have very few core moon samples but when if you look at the same data we have in Earths volcanic rock, the results are mystifying. There is more water towards the Earth’s core than all surface water combined. The moon has similar amounts in its volcanic samples. It’s a truly incredible find.
What does this mean though? One of the main culprits of not going back to the moon is cost. Every year while the military’s budget grows, NASA’s gets smaller and it is very costly to get to the moon. For one, unlike most satellites and rovers that never return to Earth, when we send out human beings we try to have them return. That means enough fuel for the return trip and a heftier payload to get off the ground either there on the moon or here on Earth.
With water on the moon, it basically means that NASA or any other space agency could theoretically set up a fuelling station on the moon. That would drive down costs and make space travel much, much more affordable.
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Space travel only exists in the imaginations of the gullible fools that refuse to do critical thinking for themselves to determine that it's impossible.
But why would that cut expensives on space travelling? cos of earth gravity?
A base on the moon is definitely a step in the right direction.
It'll serve as a stepping stone to the human exploration of the solar system.
It is sad that funding has been cut so much to so many valuable programs like NASA but the government budget is just insanely out of control, so it kind of makes sense... I think? That is awesome that water has been found on the moon by geologists! I hadn't heard of this until now so I learned something today. Maybe one day it will be possible to have a permanent station on the moon so more exploration can be done. It's really fascinating to think about. Thanks for sharing!
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Informative blog ....
I heard about the existance of rock on the moon
But never read a research about water on moon .....
Thank you for this information
I think that every visit to the moon some thing must be discovered but the movement should be free for more creative addict
Hola.
Vladimir Putin también está interesado en el agua de la luna.
Fin de mundo...... Guerra en la Luna.
Saludos
My dream is to see the moon or another planet.🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀 Thanks for sharing. Greeting from @chanthasam
Looking forward to my grandchildren who will stand on the moon and bottle all the water up :D
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Ass-tronuts to the moon... Bahahaha. You cant go to the moon silly.
I think our space program stopped when we stopped sending humans to moon or mars, one thing for sure if we find water on the moon it's a good sign and a bright future to discover life outside our planet, even that it's Single cells creators or bacteria.
we have Extremophiles like the Waterbears leaving in a very hard condition I just ignore the fact that life outside our globe not exist
Discovery of a reasonable quantity of water on the Moon will expedite the setup of a habitat on our planet's only celestial satellite.
Its time to leave earth ;)
We find water on the moon, but pollute it on Earth - something goes wrong!
really informative. travelling to moon or mars gonna make huge change in our future .one success and that will create a very high benchmark from today. liked this post keep posting like this ;)
Thanks for sharing this, a very interesting article but I wonder about the geopolitical implications of the moon becoming a site of potential resource wealth. As drinkable fresh water becomes more scarce on earth, there may be need to tap the moon. Your post assumes that NASA will claim this water ( and after all US was the first to land on the moon) but how will that sovereignty be enforced, and what’s to stop other countries or even private space flight companies from taking a slice? Also, I wonder if a base on the moon for the purposes of refueling and supporting further exploration might end up as a significant trapped asset as space travel improves and we venture further? I could imagine in the future Mars being a far more valuable and useful base site than the moon. Anyways, very thought provoking, thanks!