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Water may be as plentiful in the moon's interior as the Earth's, a study of Apollo mission lunar rocks has revealed. 根据一项对于阿波罗17号卫星任务所带回的月球岩石的分析研究，科学家们预测月球所储藏的水资源的总量可能与地球不相上下。 Trapped water was found in tiny volcanic glass beads returned to Earth in 1972 by the final manned mission to the moon, Apollo 17. 科学家们在微小的火山岩石中发现了水的存在，而这些岩石是阿波罗17号在1972年的载人飞行所带回地球的。 Analysis of the samples suggests there could be 100 times more water in the lunar mantle, the thick rock layer beneath the surface crust, than was previously thought. 经过对于这些样品的研究和分析，科学家们推测在月球地幔层中的水资源是之前预估的将近100倍，这些水就存在厚岩石与地壳层之间。 In fact, there could be as much water in the lunar mantle as in the Earth's mantle. 事实上，月球地幔层的所储藏水有可能与地球地球中的总量相当。 If this is the case, it challenges a long-held theory about the moon's formation. 如果事实真的如此，那么长期以来对于月球的理论将遭到颠覆。 Most experts believe a huge impact early in Earth's history ejected material into space that became the moon. 绝大多数的专家都相信，月球是在一个巨大行星与早期地球碰撞过程中所产生的碎石组成的。 | 
