NASA crash landed a rocket on the moon last october, it landed near the south pole and threw up a cloud of debris including water.
The newly published study has revealed that up to 5.6% of that meterial was water and it included a bunch of other compounds including silver!
Anthony Colaprete of NASA's Ames Research Center, explains that there could be a billion gallons of water within 10 km's of the probe's impact site.
NASA's Chief lunar scientist has said "We're seeing a kitchen sink of other stuff that may be useful for human exploration".
More in the below link...
LCROSS mission may have struck silver on the moon - space - 21 October 2010 - New Scientist.
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