Analysis of a “Rusty” Lunar Rock Suggests the Moon’s Interior Is Dry
August 21, 2017
A team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego analyzed fragments of the “Rusty Rock,” a rock collected from the moon’s surface during the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. Their analysis determined that the moon is likely very dry in its interior, contradicting a recently published paper, which suggested the moon’s interior is wet.
