MOON-NAIR 3 LAST

The discovery that can have various implications on
planetary exploration in future has been confirmed by data
from two NASA spacecraft-- the Visual and Infrared Mapping
Spectrometer on the Cassini spacecraft and the High-Resolution
Infrared Imaging Spectrometer on the EPOXI spacecraft.

The discovery has shown that water molecules and hydroxyl
were found at diverse areas of the sunlit region of the moon's
surface, but the water signature appeared stronger at higher
latitudes.

Nair said, there is a strong hypothesis that the water
could have been formed due to interaction of oxygen present in
rocks and soil on moon with hydrogen in the form of protons
emitted by the sun as a result of nuclear fusion.

"This (finding of water) could be a small step towards
human colonisation. Whatever data we had indicated that there
is no life on moon," he said.

Following the data found, ISRO would look at a mid-course
correction of the Chandrayaan-II mission objective, Nair said,
adding ISRO had received various proposals for payloads to be
carried in the project.

"Right now Chandrayaan II is full. We have to finetune
it," he said. PTI AJ
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