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Ep. 686: Ice In The Shadows

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The Moon's Permanent Shadow Craters and Other Parts of the Moon

The presence of hydrogen was detected in these rocks. Other substances, OH, for example, hydroxide, or anything that's called. There are other things that look like water, but they're not water. And you can do some chemistry to turn them into water,. But they're not just ready to melt and drink. Right. So I guess, when do we figure out with much more certainty that there is indeed water, both of the permanently shadow craters and even other parts of the moon? As you say, we excavated some, we detected some.

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