On Wednesday, the dishwasher's satellite has started space from Florida to detect location of the moon, for example, permanently in shadow craters.
The Falcon 9 Falcon missile was removed from the Kennedy Kanava Kennedy Space Center, which is built by the NASA Lunar Training orbit, built by the Lockheed Martin Space Department. The satellite was secondary overlooked on the rocket, and the primary is the primary location of the American Space exploration company.
The lunar surface often thinks as dry, but the previous measurements have found some water, even warmer in bright places. Scientists have long assumed that there may be a significant amount of water in the form of ice located cold and permanently shaded.
For example, the bottoms of the hundreds of craters of the moon's southern pole are always overshadowed and can keep pieces of ice. Some water can also be closed on a broken rock and dust surface.
Lunar tray, which weighs about 440 pounds (200 kg) and measures about 3.5 meters wide, when its solar panels are fully located, it is sent to find this water on the moon and mapping.
For the exploration of the future moon, including astronauts, lunar water, the lunar water would be important, as it can be developed not only for drinking but also for respiratory oxygen and hydrogen fuel.
The lunar trailer is scheduled to make a number of flights and jumps in a few months to position yourself to be thoroughly mapped. After all, it will be an orbit at an altitude of about 100 km and collect high quality images of targeted areas to determine the water, distribution and abundance and better understand the lunar water cycle.
“We see a small amount of water in the moon's sun's pain, which is mysterious,” said the planetary scientist Bethani Ehlman, the main investigator of the mission and the director of the Institute of Space Studies.
But Ehlmann added:
Such places could serve as a resource for lunar researchers in the future.
“Realizing where Rovers moves, or astronauts will continue to study the deposits of science and future resources, all future landings will benefit,” said Ehlmann.
Two lunar trailer tools will take together from Orbit. Lunar heat Mapper or LTM will mapping and measure the moon-surface temperature. High resolution volatility and minerals Moon Mapper or HVM3 will look at the Moon's surface for pieces of light lights.
“We believe that the water movement on the moon is probably due to a surface temperature. Thus, measuring the availability and quantity of water through the HVM3 tool and the development of the LTM tool.
It is thought that the lunar water comes from several possible sources. A likelihood is that the wind's wind charged particles from the sun could respond with lunar minerals to create water. Another source can be comets or meteorites, which can water the moon in billions of years.
The exact amount of lunar water remains uncertain, but NASA estimates that it is probably a hundreds of millions of tons.
“In addition to human study, the lunar water is scientifically very interesting,” said Warren.
“The moon walks around the country since the country's design. So understanding the origins of lunar water can help us to understand the country's origin. “
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