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By Keith Cowing on June 14, 2010 9:39 PM

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Research Suggests Water Content Of Moon Interior Underestimated

"NASA-funded scientists estimate from recent research that the volume of water molecules locked inside minerals in the Moon's interior could exceed the amount of water in the Great Lakes here on Earth."

New CU-Boulder Study Indicates An Ancient Ocean May have Covered One-Third of Mars

"Collectively, these results support the existing theories regarding the extent and formation time of an ancient ocean on Mars and imply the surface conditions during the time probably allowed the occurrence of a global and active hydrosphere integrating valley networks, deltas and a vast ocean as major components of an Earth-like hydrologic cycle," Di Achille and Hynek wrote in Nature Geoscience."

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CessnaDriver | June 14, 2010 11:13 PM | Reply

To: humans@earth.com
From: Moon&Mars@solarsystem.com
Subject: Water

What are you waiting for?
A written invitation!!!

flyboy | June 14, 2010 11:45 PM | Reply

We must have already known that because, as Obama says, we've already been to the moon.

warp | June 15, 2010 3:08 AM | Reply

Well, actually, this is from Apollo and lunar meteorite data, and is simply hydroxl in the deep lunar interior.

Though, of course, still interesting!

brobof | June 15, 2010 6:48 AM | Reply

One can't help but be amused by the "metre-thick layer covering the Moon." bearing in mind that we would have had to process the Moon to get it. Alas the Moon is no watering hole and Mars is little better: "One of the main questions we would like to answer is where all of the water on Mars went," said Di Achille.
If I were thirsty I would head for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_KY26 but there are others...

bkbirge | June 15, 2010 6:08 PM | Reply

This is so cool. Unfortunate that as we keep peeling back the layers of the science, our collective will to get out there in person seems to be diminishing.

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