In a media conference scheduled at 2pm EST tomorrow (Thursday), Dr Carle Pieters plans to make a major announcement about findings from the Chandrayaan-1 mission. She is the principal investigator for the M3 (Moon Minerology Mapper) instrument supplied by NASA. The rumour is that they have discovered the telltale signs of minerals which can only exist in the presence of water.
At the same time, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has also found neutron signatures corresponding to large amounts of hydrogen in various places on the Moon, including below its surface. If the findings are true, that would make India part of the most momentous discovery in the entire history of space missions.
If large amounts of water do exist on the Moon, it would certainly facilitate the prospect of lunar colonization, as well as the possibility for opening up the rest of the solar system to manned exploration by using the Moon as an intermediary staging base.
It's also nice to see such a great bonanza come from the first joint cooperation between ISRO and NASA.
As I've said before - there are countries which strive to put the Moon on their flag, and then there are countries which strive to put their flag on the Moon. It's good to see countries of the latter type pushing forward the boundaries of human progress. Because of this, one day our great-great-great grandchildren might be living on the Moon or Mars.
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yeah San....because of 'some' countries who put the moon on their flag (and due to international Dhimmis, now that flag is due to be planted the 'world over'); the day isn't far that countries putting their flag on the moon, may have to transport their 'civilisation' there to save it from 'moon-flagers'.....
History has shown it enough; science doesn't survive the sword, Nalanda-Takshashila(Taxila) or whatever remains of them are mute witnesses!
When Islamists/al-Qaeda get hold of the n-bomb; kafir nations like us ruled by uber-dhimmis are ripe invitations to bomb at. What use is a motheaten spineless but 'Space-power' India??
Great achievement by Indian scientist that their Chandrayaan mission has discovered there are minerals on the moon that consists of water. london Escorts
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