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"This surprising finding (water on moon) has come about
through the ingenuity, perseverance and international
cooperation between NASA and the India Space Research
Organisation," Green said.

"We had indication way back in June but we did not want
to announce it for the simple reason it had global
significance and had to come out in a well established
journal," Nair said.

The announcement of the finding has been timed with
publication of the article in a journal.

"We have found signature on surface of water not in the
form of sea, lake or even a poodle or even a drop you cannot
pick it up just like that. It is embedded in surface in
mineral and rock and we have clear indication OH and H20 are
there on surface may be least for a few millimetre. The
quantity was much larger than what was expeced, this is real
finding", he said.

According to Goswami, whether there was water down below,
the data got from the instruments were still being analysed.
"We have to wait for a while", he said. "Once we have solid
results, we will talk to you at the point", he said.

"This is the first time in space research that (presence
of) water is confirmed," he said, adding "we have contributed
to significant discovery of water on the moon through the
Chandrayaan."

Terming it "path breaking discovery" he said, it has
"shattered the thought that the moon was bone dry." PTI JD
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