WATER FOUND ON MOON
NASA admitted years ago they found water in many spots on the moon. But I have not heard the Artemis II mission say anything about seeing water. Do any of their images show the presence of water, either in the form of liquid (like seas, lakes, or rivers) or solid (like snow and ice)?
source: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ice-confirmed-at-the-moons-poles/
@floatybirb
If water evaporates during the heat of the moon's day (it gets very hot then), it would solidify again as a snow at night, when it is extremely cold. But there is a phase between solid and vapor: liquid. That form of water would also exist as ice melts.
The fact remains: The moon has water, but none on the side facing Earth.
@floatybirb
There is no substantial water on the near side to support organic life. But the far side has much more.
The image released by NASA is of the poles, with their admission: water is definitely there.
Now if we could get them to release the truth about the far side, mankind could have a better understanding of Earth's companion. I suspect they want to keep the location of the water a secret, as a military mission seeking resources for itself and not to be shared.
@Earl I don't think there is liquid water on the far side of the moon; I haven't seen any in the pictures I've seen of the moon, I've heard water vapor would not persist in the thin lunar atmosphere and I don't see why NASA and every other country's space program would even bother lying about it not being there if it was.
If a probe found a lake on the moon, I think most space agencies would be absolutely giddy to share that information. Their fame and funding would go up very fast.
@floatybirb
On the far side, an area of interest for me, is Tsiolkovsky Crater. Apollo 15 took photos of it.
@Earl what do you think we are looking at here?
It looks to me like a mountain in the middle of a flat and darker crater to me (with smaller craters both inside and outside the darker area).
@floatybirb
During the lunar day, I assume, the extreme heat of the sun would cook off most water, but when the sun goes down and the temperatures drop, the water could be replenished by underground springs.
If you take a photo during the day, you will see different water characteristics than during the night. During lunar night, it becomes extremely cold, and water would be frozen.
If the space agencies would share more data, we could better understand this part of the #moon.
Earl
Floaty Birb