MISSION STATUS: NASA spacecraft hit the lunar target this morning at 7:30 AM [see video]. Stay tuned for more data about water on the Moon will be shared in the days ahead from images and instruments. A more complete scientific analysis is expected in December.
Meanwhile, scientist L. Riofrio writes on his BLOG "Until recently the Moon was thought to have only a small amount of water, which arrived via the solar wind. Astrophysicist Arlin Crotts of Columbia University has been working for years on a theory that the Moon has abundant water, and it comes from within. Crotts theorises that water forms deep beneath the surface and slowly wells upward. His theory would explain the recent discoveries of water. Crotts has submitted a paper with his student Cameron Hummels. We hope that their paper is accepted soon so that more scientists can read it. New ideas, even controversial ones, deserve to see the light of day."
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