# In situ detection of water on the Moon by the Chang’E-5 lander

**URL:** <https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/in-situ-detection-of-water-on-the-moon-by-the-chang-e-5-lander/704>\
**Category:** The Happening World\
**Tags:** moon, space, china\
**Created:** [9 January 2022 03:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/in-situ-detection-of-water-on-the-moon-by-the-chang-e-5-lander/704 "2022-01-09T03:37:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ra\_montesano](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ra_montesano/32/117_2.png) [@ra\_montesano](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/ra_montesano)\
**Post date:** [9 January 2022 03:37 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/in-situ-detection-of-water-on-the-moon-by-the-chang-e-5-lander/704/1 "2022-01-09T03:37:26Z")

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[https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl9174](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl9174)

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**Author:** ![Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\
**Post date:** [9 January 2022 15:14 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/in-situ-detection-of-water-on-the-moon-by-the-chang-e-5-lander/704/2 "2022-01-09T15:14:45Z")

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120 Parts Per Million of non-gaseous Greenhouse Gas H2O found in lunar material. And, as we all know, H2O is a much more powerful Greenhouse Agent than mere CO2.

No wonder the (daytime) lunar temperature reaches 260 degrees Fahrenheit! We need to stop Lunar Warming now!!

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**Author:** ![gms](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@gms](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/gms)\
**Post date:** [10 January 2022 15:31 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/in-situ-detection-of-water-on-the-moon-by-the-chang-e-5-lander/704/3 "2022-01-10T15:31:13Z")

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Greta is on the case…