The so-called maria, or "seas" on the lunar surface, do not and could not contain water because:
A) the water would boil and evaporate away rapidly in the vacuum of space.
B) any water falling on the porous surface would soak into it.
C) the water would have frozen into permafrost in the intense cold on the lunar surface.
D) the water would react chemically with the surface rocks.
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