has been revealed that the craters of the moon's south pole in vicinity of water have found the existence of Mercury, which makes it unsuitable for human ingestion.
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and its array of sophisticated instruments determined that hydrogen, mercury and other volatile substances are present in permanently shadowed soil on the Moon, according to an article published today in Science, confirmed the presence of gases, molecular hydrogen, carbon monoxide and atomic mercury, together with small amounts of calcium and magnesium, as well as gas.
also ammonia, hydrogen, hydroxyl, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, silver, preserved at low temperatures in a region where the sun has not come from a very long time.
The inclination of the axis of rotation of the Moon allows floors of craters near the poles permanent shadow of the direct sunlight. Without sunlight, temperatures in these areas can be as low as 35 to 100 degrees Kelvin (Degrees above absolute zero) - so cold that almost all volatiles can be trapped. The impacts of micrometeorites is covered with earth, isolating them from exposure and possible leak.
Thus the difficulty of human settlement in regions of the electrified dust day that hovers on the surface is added the impossibility of having water from the hidden regions in the polar craters.
moon ever present major difficulties to be used as a launching pad into space, something that looked perfect for the proximity and low gravity, so that an asteroid is not found in the vicinity there is no other alternative Mars, at least while adding no other adversities known as the minimum oxygen and perchlorate.
Mimas, moon of Saturn taken recently, which is surprising for the characteristics of the craters. Of course to fully appreciate the image must be enlarged.
Taken on the same tour Dione and Rhea