LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon
The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water.
Secrets the moon has been holding, for perhaps billions of years, are now being revealed to the delight of scientists and space enthusiasts alike.
NASA today opened a new chapter in our understanding of the moon. Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus cater near the moon’s south pole.
That is some awesome news! I'm hoping this is a shot-in-the-arm for space exploration, serve as reason to land on the moon again soon. Either we'll find life on the moon, or we won't. Either way, we stand to learn a lot about our galaxy in the process. Here on earth, where there is water, there is life. And as they used to say at the start of every episode of the old BSG: "There are those who believe that life down here started out there..."
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Not to mention that for survival of the species, it might make sense to diversify our living options a bit... That way we won't go out like the dinosaurs.
Assuming survival of the species is the goal. Oh, and also assuming that dinosaurs aren't just a plot by pro-evolution atheists.
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