LCROSS results published: water measured in the Cabeus ejecta plume
Colaprete and colleagues reported in Science that the ejecta plume contained water at 5.6 ± 2.9 per cent by mass, together with a suite of other volatiles. It was the first direct measurement of water inside a lunar cold trap and the empirical basis for treating the poles as a resource destination.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) · mission · not located
- Lunar Water Ice · natural resource · not located
- Cabeus Crater · impact crater · Moon
Evidence
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Detection of Water in the LCROSS Ejecta Plume
Reports water in the LCROSS Cabeus crater ejecta plume at 5.6 ± 2.9 per cent by mass, alongside other volatiles — the first direct measurement of water in a lunar permanently shadowed cold trap.
Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) · 2010-10-22 · Verified
Colaprete, A. et al., Science 330(6003), 463–468, 22 October 2010
Recorded on LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite)
- LCROSS Centaur impacts the permanently shadowed floor of Cabeus crater
- LCROSS results published: water measured in the Cabeus ejecta plume
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