India's lunar mission discovers water on moon

like2god · Sep 23, 2009

Dreams of establishing a manned Moon base could become reality within two decades after India’s first lunar mission found evidence of large quantities of water on its surface.

Data from Chandrayaan-1 also suggests that water is still being formed on the Moon. Scientists said the breakthrough — to be announced by Nasa at a press conference today — would change the face of lunar exploration.
The discovery is a significant boost for India in its space race against China. Dr Mylswamy Annadurai, the mission’s project director at the Indian Space Research Organisation in Bangalore, said: “It’s very satisfying.”

The search for water was one of the mission’s main objectives, but it was a surprise nonetheless, scientists said.The unmanned craft was equipped with Nasa’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper, designed specifically to search for water by picking up the electromagnetic radiation emitted by minerals. The M3 also made the unexpected discovery that water may still be forming on the surface of the Moon, according to scientists familiar with the mission.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article6846639.ece

I remember when folks would be laughed at when they suggested that there could be water on the moon.

Dol-Fan Dupree · Sep 23, 2009

Is it bringing any back? Is it the same as Earth water?

Miamian · Sep 24, 2009

Good work India.

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