reply to post by xEphon
I'm still wondering how this will help propell a moon base though...
i was thinking about that too...im not a genius what so ever, but here were a few conclusions i reached:
It costs a *Lot* of money for every pound of anything blasted into space. If there is already water on the moon, that eliminates an incredible amount
of the long haul we'd have to take to the moon.
If water is already there, we can take some seeds, some dirt, some filters, maybe some metal and glass, and poof we'd have a settlement (i
generalize...i know)
As opposed to lifting millions of gallons of water ourselves - continuously - to sustain any life we'd have on a lunar base.
Basically - finding water on the moon - makes a lunar colony possible - because without lunar water - the price tag of even beginning such a feat
would be unachievable.
but the only thing with these NASA FINDS WATER ON THE MOON threads is really old news as you know aswell I do that NASA has
known about this for quite a few years now that there is a significant amount of water on the moon.
