Study suggests much more water on the moon than thought

phys.org ^ | July 23, 2019 | by Bob Yirka

[Songcraft]

Demonic candidates Booker and Buttgoo have jointly declared that, if elected, they both intend to demand that scientists fully study the Sea of Transqueerities, on the other (back) side of the moon, in search of any fluidic peculiarities that may be present there.

[DannyTN]

My fault I had a leak.

[BenLurkin]

The current residents won't approve...

[BenLurkin]

[SFConservative]

Lots of major errors in this article.

Data from the LRO probe that was intentionally crashed into the surface of Mercury (which was released from the orbiting satellite LCROSS in 2009) revealed water and ice vapor—evidence of ice deposits several meters thick in the shadowed craters.

LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) and LCROSS were launched together in June 2009 toward the Moon, not Mercury. LRO continues to orbit and image the Moon to this day. LCROSS consisted of the Centaur upper stage of the launch vehicle and a Shepherding Spacecraft. These two elements separated when nearing the moon, with the Centaur leading and deliberately crashing into the crater Cabeus near the south pole of the Moon. The Shepherding Spacecraft, about six minutes behind the Centaur, collected and relayed data from the impact plume and then impacted as well. The plume contained significant water vapor from the ice captured in the deep, permanently shadowed crater, confirming theoretical predictions.