NASA claimed to have discovered the existence of water and the moon, “a lot”
China news agency, Washington, November 13 (Reporter Li Jing) – NASA last month, implementation of the “hit on” scheme to obtain the information shows that there is water on the moon.
“Broke, we found the water, not a little, but quite a lot.” NASA is responsible for the moon Hang observation and sensing satellite program’s chief scientist Anthony Colaprete the case at a press conference on the 13th said.
Colaprete said, “hit on” scheme at 1.6 kilometers from the moon hit a high of dust, which contains about 25 gallons of water.
Discovery under the lunar surface is the presence of water, NASA launched last month, on the 9th lunar pit observation and sensing satellite and Centaur rocket, crashed into a pre-selected one of the lunar south pole crater. NASA issued a press release said the Centaur rocket hit two months later set off the dust: one from the steam and dust composition; and partly by the quality of the composition of heavier material. Preliminary analysis of results provide a variety of evidence that these two parts of dust traces of water in there.
“Although the moon and other substances, Sheung Shui, the concentration and distribution of needed further analysis to confirm, but it can safely say that Kai Busi crater exists in the water.” Colaprete said.
NASA’s official website said that the results of human understanding of the moon opened a new chapter.
NASA headquarters in Washington, chief lunar scientist 迈克尔瓦格, said: “We are neighbors opened the mystery, to understand the entire solar system. Facts have proved that the moon is a wealth of secrets, while the ‘hit on’ took us into a new The Discovery level. ”
Scientists had previously detected the lunar north and south polar regions that contain a wealth of hydrogen, thus speculated that the lunar poles may be rich in water ice. In this “hit on”, the scientists believe that water ice on the moon may have a wider distribution.
NASA plans to pre-2020 to send astronauts to the moon. The discovery of the water is believed to be a strong impetus to the launching of the human lunar exploration program.