by Cape Canaveral, Florida (AP) – Boden and rocks that have returned from the mysterious, distant side of the moon indicate that it may be drier than the side constantly opposite the earth, Chinese scientists reported on Wednesday.
For a clearer picture, however, you warn that more samples are needed.
The researchers found a better understanding of the abundance of water in the moon coat to explain how the moon developed. However, it could also be the reason for astronauts, as is currently planned near the nearby sunding side.
China was the first country to land on the other side of the moon last year. The Chang’e 6-spaceship gathered the volcanic stone and dirt from the old, extensive South Pole-Aitken pool, one of the biggest effects in the solar system.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences said Sen Hu that he and his team had received 5 grams of soil samples and then selected 578 particles for a detailed analysis using electron microscopes.
They estimated the water frequency at less than 1.5 micrograms per gram, at the dry end of what has been found in the samples near the moon in recent decades. The measurements on samples from the nearby are between 1 microgram and 200 micrograms per gram.
In view of the limited sample, it is uncertain how widespread this dry state could be, as the scientists found in her study published in the journal Nature.
“For testing and further development of far further side samples”, how much water there is, said HU in an e -mail.
It is possible that the effects that this pelvis produced have painted water elements on the proximity from the side, and the other side remains exhausted. Another option is that the vertical water distribution between the two hemispheres can vary.
Even if this is confirmed, the results should not drastically change NASA’s plans to send astronauts to the southern polar region of the moon, where permanently shaded craters keep massive iron quantities. This frozen water could be used to drink, cook and manufacture rocket fuel.
NASA aims to send four astronauts as part of its Artemis program next year, the successor to Apollo, to send the moon to the moon from 1969 to 1972. This would not be followed by a landing near the moon -south poles of astronauts earlier than in 2027.
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