I know - every year it seems that scientific opinion changes. I think in odd years there is no water and even years there is definitely water on the moon. Moon water on the NASA site advances the theory that water is on the earth, so water should be on the moon, too. Trouble with that one? Like there is water in Florida so the Sahara Desert should have water, too. NASA does offer some science - most of the moon's features were impact related rather than volcanic. It is possible that comets and asteroids could have brought water to the moon, much like some scientists believe happened with earth.
Most detailed lunar map suggests little water inside moon explains that the Japanese SELENE satellite has mapped the moon with 9 square mile resolution. The new map covers pole-to-pole and even the dark side of the moon. The scientists propose the theory there is no water on the moon, even deep, because the surface is far too rigid. In contrast, the earth's surface tectonics continue to be shaped by water lubricating the crust. The same scientists venture a guess the same is true for Mars. The surface is very rough and like the moon, there is no evidence of fluid tectonics.
Getting ready for next year's announcement, NASA mission to seek water ice on moon heads to Florida for launch. NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS is being readied for a spring launch from the Kennedy Space Center. The booster that propels LCROSS to the moon will intentionally be directed to impact a lunar crater while the satellite observes the debris flume. The idea being, that there has to be water in there, and that the satellite will have a Kodak moment.
Mmm. Is this the Scientific Method or wildcatting?
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