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Lunar and Asteroidal Water Enables Human Exploration

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
May 2, 2010
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The Four Flavors of Lunar Water, Paul Spudis, Air & Space
“New studies of lunar samples, along with results from several missions in recent years, have given us a revolutionary new picture of water on the Moon. Study of volcanic glass from the Apollo 15 landing site in 2008 demonstrated that tiny amounts of water (about 50 parts per million) are present in the interiors of these glasses, suggesting that the lunar mantle (whence they came) contains about ten times this amount. This was a startling result, considering the extreme dryness of other lunar samples.”
Scientists Say Ice Lurks in Asteroid’s Cold Heart, NASA
“Scientists using a NASA funded telescope have detected water-ice and carbon-based organic compounds on the surface of an asteroid. The cold hard facts of the discovery of the frosty mixture on one of the asteroid belt’s largest occupants, suggests that some asteroids, along with their celestial brethren, comets, were the water carriers for a primordial Earth.”

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