For the previous years, scientists have been observing the rocky neighbor of earth, the moon and they thought it’s just plain rock with no water until last year. Last year, scientists discovered unexpectedly the existence of the water in the moon and it comes with different types or shall we say, flavor.
According to Paul Spudis of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, so far they have found three types of moon water. And so far, they have identified, Mini-SAR’s thick lenses of nearly pure crater ice, LCROSS’s fluffy mix of ice crystals and dirt, and M-cube’s thin layer that comes and goes all across the surface of the moon.
The discovery of such different types of water was in accordance with the different satellite used.
Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar (Mini-SAR) found 40 small craters with the size of 2-15km in diameter with water ice located at their base. These craters are not visible to earth.
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) slammed into the moon and found water in another crater.
Mineralogy Mapper (M3) detected wavelengths of light reflected off the surface that indicated the chemical bond between hydrogen and oxygen — the telltale sign of either water or hydroxyl.
It has been observed by scientists that some craters contain pure ice and some contain with mix soil and for the reason? That has yet to be discovered by the researchers.
Because of the existence of the water in moon, maybe the next question that would trigger the scientists will be, Could there be a possible existence of life?
