Water on the Moon

From what I know it has been long known that there was ice, water, on the Moon.

Maintaining the information as a secret of the US simply lost value over time.

I myself am of the opinion that at this point practical uses of our space prowess for planet protection and species survival creating a robust infrastructure, trump exploration for the sake of exploration.

I am particular wanting that at least 200 people be permanently living in near Earth orbit, comfortably doing planet defense work appropriate to known threats that call for looking down and looking out.

They talk about having water on the moon is the first step to colonization.

For a number of reasons, one being it is an energy source. Which you touch off of.

The LCROSS discovery has led most scientists to believe that there must be more water nearby. It is hypothesized that this water is probably left over from ancient comets that hit the Moon billions of years ago. When melted, it could be used to create rocket fuel - or for astronauts to drink. The discovery of lunar water could save millions for NASA, considering that putting a pound of payload on the Moon costs between $50,000 and $100,000

Which brings us to another question.

If we have issues extracting energy from the water supply on earth, Why would it be easier to do it on the moon?

p911

"If we have issues extracting energy from the water supply on earth, Why would it be easier to do it on the moon?"

Not easier less costly then shipping fuel to them.

Just because it would be cheaper, does not mean it is worth doing.

Point I was going to add is technology has to improve.

It would be if your living on the moon. If that was case I would also think that there would be more effort spent to improve it.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

This is where things need to be developed concurrently.

During which time you hear from the nay sayers, why do we need to go to the moon. Thinking its absurd to that the world's tech advances are making the world a better place because they would have been developed anyways. Closed mindedness from them. Going back to my first sentence.

With them not realizing even the first effort to the moon yielded technology and development that helped right on earth.

p911

If we have issues extracting energy from the water supply on earth, Why would it be easier to do it on the moon?

Presumably the solar radiation is stronger up there as there is little atmosphere to attenuate it?

Had a hard time with that, sounded like a statement but had a question mark.

Had to look up to verify attenuate.

ah yes, it would be easier without a atmosphere.... _{said in a unsure voice.}

Everybody knew that there was water on the Moon. Also, it is a known fact that there was on Earth, another very advanced civilisation some 40,000 years ago. The arts, the science, and engineering have reached pinnacles unknown in our days....

And, of coarse, colonising the Moon was done. All industries have been moved over there, until they discovered that certain industrial gases destroy the ozone layer. Then it was the great global warming scare.

A great scientist, Fase Orp, decided that reducing the emanations will preserve the ozone layer, the atmosphere and life on the Moon. How was it implemented? Shutting down industries. In one thousand years there was no more global warming. In fact the Moon started to get cooler, and cooler, until water was completely frozen. All lunar inhabitants moved back on Earth (or died). Helas, with no industry, the Earth civilisation decayed. Life expectancy dropped abruptly, remaining people started to live in caves, to hunt for food. From the debordant art, only some rudiments of painting have been noticed in archaeological finds in the caves.

And all started with Fase Orp.

We don't learn anything from the history.

By the way, they will discover ice on Mars, too!