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Craft Find Traces of Water on Moon

Widespread, but still unclear how much

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(Newser) – There is indeed some water on the moon, with three different spacecraft seemingly putting to rest the scientific school of thought that the orb is bone-dry. Friday’s issue of the journal Science cites “unambiguous evidence” of either water (two hydrogen molecules and one oxygen) or hydroxyl (one of each)—and though it’s widespread and not just in dark craters at the poles, the amount remains unclear.

There's some water on the moon after all.
There's some water on the moon after all.   (Wikimedia Commons)
There's some water on the moon after all.
There's some water on the moon after all.   (Wikimedia Commons)
There's some water on the moon after all.
There's some water on the moon after all.   (Wikimedia Commons)
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Altoecko
Sep 23, 09 8:05 PM CDT
Holy crap this is HUGE news! Reply
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Citrixguy
Sep 23, 09 8:06 PM CDT
New craze ...bottled moon water, it's out of this world! Reply
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dax
Sep 23, 09 8:33 PM CDT
Sheer lunacy.
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Robert_Dada
Sep 23, 09 8:36 PM CDT
Good. Go there and fetch us some will you? I'm parched.
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riffran
Sep 23, 09 9:22 PM CDT
taste like Futacong..lol...(from the movie Kiss the Girls)
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