NASA Briefs Preliminary Plume Findings from Moon Mission |
NASA Briefs Preliminary Plume Findings from Moon Mission |
Nov 10 2009, 09:26 PM
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Nov 20 2009, 03:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 5-January 07 From: Manchester England Member No.: 1563 |
New scientist has confused me. I know I shouldn't put too much faith in what they report these days but they've said:
QUOTE The solar wind is expected to form water in minute amounts, amounting to concentrations of no more than 1 per cent in the lunar soil. LCROSS team members are still analysing the data, but calculations suggest the concentration of water is higher than that. "The data are consistent with a total hydrogen content in the range of several per cent," says Colaprete. This is from their report on the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group meeting, so I was hoping for some interesting tidbits, but I'm just confused! Is the water content several percent, or the hydrogen content? Does anyone know of any other reports from the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group? -------------------- |
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