Lunar Ice Deposits May Be In Jeopardy Of Contamination From Lander Exhaust

Ancient Lunar Ice, Possibly Trapped In Permanently Shadowed Craters For Billions Of Years, May Offer Insight Into Origin Of Water In Solar System; Johns Hopkins / UT-Austin Study Warns Computer Simulations Show Exhaust From 1,200-kg Lunar Lander, Approximately The Size Of CLPS Vessels Peregrine (Astrobotic) And Nova-C (Intuitive Machines) Set To Launch In Second Half Of 2021, Would Cause 30-40% Of Lander Vapor To Remain 2 Months Later, Creating Anthropogenic Atmosphere, With 20% Eventually Solidifying Around Poles

Pictured: Study Authors (T-B) Parvathy Prem, Dana Hurley, Philip Varghese
Credits: JHU, UT-Austin, NASA, Masten, IM, Astrobotic