A "significant amount" of frozen water has been found on the moon, the US space agency said last week heralding a giant leap forward in space exploration and boosting hopes of a permanent lunar base.
The data was found after NASA sent 2 spacecraft crashing into the lunar surface last month to prove Earth's nearest neighbor for water. One rocket slammed into the Cabeus crater, near the lunar Southern pole, at around 9,000kilometers per hour. The rocket was followed 4 minutes later by a spacecraft equipped with cameras to record the initial impact which sent a huge plume of material billowing up from the bottom of the crater, untouched by sunlight for billions of years.
The initial result is that in the 20-30 meter crater, NASA found a dozen, at least 2-gallon buckets of water
Be aware, NASA said,"it's kind of like when you are drilling for oil - once you find it in one place, there is a greater chance you'll find more nearby.
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