29 Mar 2023

Tiny glass beads on the moon contain water

From Morning Report, 8:55 am on 29 March 2023

A discovery has found tiny glass beads across the moon's surface contain potentially billions of tonnes of water

Those beads could be extracted and used by astronauts on future lunar missions as a source of not only water but also hydrogen and oxygen.

Open University professor of planetary science and exploration Mahesh Anand has been part of the team analysing the beads from lunar soil samples returned to Earth in 2020.

He spoke to Craig McCulloch.