The Artemis Polar Survey Will Tell Us How Much Water the Moon Actually Has

追加: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]And I will end up close. I will mention here of course that this is one of the objectives of the Artemis mission is to do a survey of the polar regions for water and try to really get a better handle on just how much water there is available on the moon. However, then the authors go on to say it is interesting to note that carbon and nitrogen are abundant in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites sourced from asteroid parent bodies. Now, okay, so asteroid parent bodies will deliver that carbon and nitrogen to the lunar surface, but the fact that their sources shows us and implies in my mind that the asteroid belt itself must be an extraordinarily rich source [music] of these elements.