NASA announces discovery of water on the Moon

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NASA announces discovery of water on the Moon

Post by Doka » 10-29-2020 01:41 PM

NASA announces discovery of water on the Moon

●NASA announced the confirmation of water on the lunar surface.
● The discovery is big, but scientists had believed that there was water trapped within the lunar soil for some time now.
● Processing the soil, called regolith, to obtain usable water is something that researchers have been working on for some time.

Hey so remember last week when NASA made a big deal about a big announcement they were planning for today and it was going to be big news and really big? Well, NASA made its announcement and it’s… well, yeah, I guess it’s pretty big. According to the US space agency, there’s water on the Moon, and not just that, it’s on the side facing Earth.

The discovery was made thanks to the work of SOFIA, which is NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. It’s basically a highly-customized 747 jetliner with all kinds of observational equipment crammed inside. It flies high above the water vapor in Earth’s atmosphere to get a clear picture of the skies, and in this case, the Moon’s surface.

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