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nasa-funded scientists estimate that the

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volume of water molecules locked in

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minerals in the moon's interior could

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exceed the volume of water in the great

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lakes here on earth scientists at the

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carnegie institutions geophysical

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laboratory along with scientists across

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the nation determined that the water was

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likely present very early in the moon's

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formation history as the hot magma

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started to cool and crystallize

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the result means water is native to the

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moon it's found in its structural form

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hydroxyl a very minor component of the

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as one small step for man

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one

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beautiful view is that something

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magnificent desolation

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how is the quality of the tv

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yes indeed they've got the flag up now

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beautiful

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hydroxyl is oh and we all know that

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water is h2o so somewhere along the

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along the way

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hydroxyl which was originally water lost

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an h

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well that process occurred billions of

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years ago when the moon originally

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formed

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and so the measurements that they're

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making now finding these very small

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incredibly tiny amounts of hydroxyl tell

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us a lot about the amount of water at

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the early formation stage of the earth

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and the moon well this is not

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really h2o water that we know so it's

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not like it's pools of water or even

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ponds of water it's actually ancient

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water that has been modified in the

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solidification process of the moon

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during the time of its early formation

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what's really exciting about these

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observations is it's allowing us for the

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first time to understand what the

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conditions of the early earth was

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when the earth and the moon were formed

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together from a collision from a

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mars-sized object that hit the earth 4.5

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billion years ago well there's been

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quite a bit of talk about how did the

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earth get the water that it has

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did it begin that way or did the comets

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bring it in or even the kuiper belt

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objects

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bringing it bringing water in and so

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this is now the first evidence that we

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had that there actually was a fair

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amount of water

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initially in the earth moon system 4.5

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billion years ago what the scientists

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discovered by examining specific

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lunar rocks and these lunar rocks are

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called apatite and apatite is one of

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those as it forms it grabs water now it

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did that in its early formation 4.5

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billion years ago it liberates the

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hydrogen and leaves what's called

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hydroxyl an o-h molecule stuck within

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its crystalline structure

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and so the scientists with instruments

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that are that are far better than we've

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ever had before we're able to detect

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appetite within the appetite this

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hydroxyl at parts per billion and that