THE COMING LUNAR ARMADA.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Voosen, Paul
- Source
- Science; 9/10/2021, Vol. 373 Issue 6560, p1188-1192, 5p, 6 Color Photographs, 2 Diagrams
- Subject
- United States. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
New business enterprises
Lunar surface
Neutrons
Mass spectrometers
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368075
The article presents the discussion on few startups of NASA selected for ferrying scientific instruments to the lunar surface. Topics include Sun throwing hydrogen ions at the lunar surface in the form of the solar wind bombarding oxygen-rich rocks forming small amounts of water; neutron countering to measure hydrogen based on the neutrons it absorbs; and mass spectrometer teasing out the water's origins by looking at hydrogen isotopes.