hazelm Posted August 21, 2018 Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 Scientists have directly observed water ice at the moon's poles. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180820203638.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_science+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Science+News%29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vmedvil2 Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 That is a place that I would have never guess that water would be..... on the moon. hazelm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelm Posted August 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 That is a place that I would have never guess that water would be..... on the moon.That was my thought also. Quite a surprise. Did we disrupt its environment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exchemist Posted August 26, 2018 Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 That was my thought also. Quite a surprise. Did we disrupt its environment?No this will not be anything to do with Man's visits. Comets and meteorites carry water, so collisions with the moon would naturally import water from time to time. It will have survived only at the poles because that is where there are areas of permanent shadow from the sun, so it does not evaporate or get dissociated and disappear back into space. hazelm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelm Posted August 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2018 No this will not be anything to do with Man's visits. Comets and meteorites carry water, so collisions with the moon would naturally import water from time to time. It will have survived only at the poles because that is where there are areas of permanent shadow from the sun, so it does not evaporate or get dissociated and disappear back into space. Makes sense to me. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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