A manned moon base could become a reality within 20 years
after scientists revealed today there are large quantities
of water on the Moon's surface.
The scientific discovery made by the Indian lunar mission
Chandrayaan-1 is due to be announced by Nasa today.
Amazingly the data also suggests that water is continously being formed on the Moon.
The Indian spacecraft was launched into orbit around the
Moon in October last year.It was fitted with a Moon Mineralogy
Mapper, or M3 for short, designed to search for water by picking
up the electromagnetic radiation emitted by hydrogen and oxygen
minerals.
The sensitive M3 machine, which was designed by Nasa, could
detect water on and a few inches below the surface of the
Moon.
