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"The question now becomes, does the helium originate from inside the moon, for example, due to radioactive decay in rocks, or from an exterior source, such as the solar wind?" says Dr Alan Stern, LAMP principal investigator.
1 posted on 08/16/2012 2:32:53 AM PDT by rjbemsha
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bflr


2 posted on 08/16/2012 2:39:35 AM PDT by Captain Beyond (The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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So that means everyone sounds like the Chipmunks on the moon ?


3 posted on 08/16/2012 2:42:45 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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The presence of helium in the moon’s (very) thin atmosphere has been known since the moon landings.


5 posted on 08/16/2012 3:19:39 AM PDT by kidd
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I knew it! I knew that all of my balloons when I was a child floated up to the moon!!! :D


7 posted on 08/16/2012 5:38:18 AM PDT by Thorliveshere
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"The question now becomes, does the helium originate from inside the moon, for example, due to radioactive decay in rocks, or from an exterior source, such as the solar wind?" says Dr Alan Stern, LAMP principal investigator.

I'd bet on the former. 

How many millibars of atmosphere does the moon actually have? It's generally referred to as 'airless', but any body as large as the moon will have some trace atmosphere due to gravity.

8 posted on 08/16/2012 7:09:55 AM PDT by zeugma (Those of us who work for a living are outnumbered by those who vote for a living.)
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