Can the Moon be given an earthlike atmosphere?

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# 21551 byNiclas on April 5, 2007, 5:11 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

The whole Moon is covered with a dust layer (rigolith), varying form a few meters till 20 meters thick and is a mixture of many different minerals, nearly all of which containing oxgyen in considerable abundance. About 45% of the lunar soil and rocks is made up of oxgyen. The Sun puts out prodigious amounts of particles, called the solar wind, composed mostly of Hydrogen, helium, neon, carbon, and nitrogen and these solar wind particles strike the lunar surface and are implanted into mineral grains during billions of years. All the elements to create an earthlike atmosphere are thus given. The point is how to free these elements into gaseous form, with most of the oxygen and all of the hydrogen to form free water, without having to apply energy for it. It is to be discussed here:
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