NASA Moon Crash Found 'Significant Amount' of Water

"Indeed, yes, we found water. And we didn't find just a little bit, we found a significant amount," Anthony Colaprete,

he went on to say, "Yes the glass is definitely half full."

Well I am thrilled that a huge amount of money was spent to discover water in a palce where noone will ever go. People never cease to amaze me.

GA

G'day gals, guys, gurus & guests,

"a palce_(sic) where noone_(sic) will ever go"

Oh contraire dear guest. Finding water on the moon is a critical factor in humans returning to the moon. In particular the area designated for the impact is one of the likely sites for a future moon landing and ultimately permeant outpost.

So, there is a very real possibility that people will indeed go there and that makes your statement at least potentially erroneous.

Regards, masu

Dear Guest,

It is a place people have been, and might have stayed longer but for the "absence" of "known" water.

Besides; if you had a probe that has reached it's useful life, would you crash into something and learn something - or just let it drift off into space and learn nothing.

Knee-jerk $ Drongos never cease to amaze me.

At least when they do go there, there won't be an issue setting up a Starbucks coffee house...

On the next trip they need to include a NASA trained dowser.

And a Starbucks coffee house self-assembly kit...

Besides the pure science water on the Moon is probably one of the most significant discoveries that has been made as of late. The necessity of a the lunar colony is debatable, being able to produce fuel IE hydrogen and oxygen from water in a low gravity environment could be a significant steppingstone to exploring our solar system. And ultimately could make travel to Mars a practical reality.

Indeed, finding water ice on the moon is incredibly significant. Elements known to be present on the lunar surface include, among others, oxygen, silicon, iron, magnesium, calcium, aluminum, manganese and titanium. Notably absent in the Apollo samples were certain dire necessities of life such as hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon. Without these elements, any moon base would never be anything more than a outpost, totally dependent on Earth.

Now however, with the finding of water ice, and that on the very first try, there is a very good possibility that we will also find nitrogen ices, and possibly even carbonaceous chondrites in these shadowed polar craters which, if they are present in significant quantities, make full-blown lunar colonization a very real possibility. And I might add that lunar colonies, mining stations and other little things are just about essential if we are ever to get off this rock and begin living and working in space.