I’m somewhat skeptical about this. If you take water, freeze it and put it in a vacumn (like on the moon), it quickly sublimes away. I remember the words of an old professor when I showed him a scientific paper from India where they had gotten something to work that many others had tried and failed to do. His response was “Everything works in India”.
You think they altered NASA's radar instrument?
:-)
DECADES ago I worked with a Mech Engineer (Pakistani) who got his degree(s) in India. He claimed India invented almost everything, including the first controlled Nuclear Fission experiment. (Enrico Fermi stole their work or something as nonsensical). Everyone basically laughed at him behind his back, kind of like your professor's remark.
But when it came to Math - that was his other degree, he knew his 'stuff'. But boy could he exaggerate when it came to India.
//If you take water, freeze it and put it in a vacumn (like on the moon), it quickly sublimes away//
Thats what I was thinking to.