Written by Amitabh Sinha |Edited by Explained Desk |Bengaluru |Updated: September 7, 2019 7:18:44 am
Explained: Chandrayaan-2 and the quest for water on moon
The clinching evidence of presence of water on moon was provided by two instruments on board Chandrayaan-1. It has totally changed the way scientists now view the moon, and has led to a renewed interest in lunar exploration.
The possibility of the presence of water on the moon has been talked about since the 1970s, though the evidence at that time was very weak. In fact, the rock and soil samples brought back by the Apollo missions of NASA in the late 1960s and early 1970s suggested that moon’s surface was bone dry, bereft of any water.
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