Mission scientist Kurt Retherford of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, thinks the discovery of mercury could pose a challenge for any human settlers because of its toxicity.

参与任务的科学家，在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥西南研究所的库尔特·里斯福特认为，由于水银的毒性，水银的发现会对人类移居月球造成挑战。

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"While our results are still very new, our thinking is that the mercury detected by Lamp from the Grail site might be related to an enhancement at the poles caused by mercury atoms generally hopping across the surface and eventually migrating toward the cold polar regions, " said Kurt Retherford, the chief scientist for Lamp.

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