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For some time scientists have reported firm indications that the Moon possesses the element water.

Back in 1972 astronaut Harrison Schmitt in the Apollo mission retrieved tiny beads of lunar ‘glass’ that were thought to be a sign that water is within the Moon’s interior as we have within our Earth. This caused serious flurry in re-thinking the scientific attitude that previously had prevailed and invited regrettable imaginative schemes for exploiting potential mineral resources in the greed schemes rather than respect for the celestial bodies.

NASA announced in 2009 that two spacecraft sent crashing into the lunar surface had discovered frozen water on the moon for the first time, a dramatic revelation it hailed as a giant leap forward in space exploration.

Now after considerable analysis it has been found by a research team led by geochemist Erik Hauri of Carnegie Institute of Washington, that the orange coloured beads contain microscopic bubbles, or melt inclusions.

It is concluded by scientists that the Moon may in fact possess as much water as within our own Earth and even pose that the two bodies – Earth and Moon have a common origin.

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