[RobRoy]

Well, if there is water on the moon, there is oxygen on the moon. A LOT, apparently.

[KingLudd]

I thought they were going to say they found Osama bin Laden or G. Gordon Liddy’s radio show.

[NonValueAdded]

And that is why abandoning a moon-first approach to space exploration is lunacy.

[DPMD]

But still no sign of Sheila Jackson-Lee’s brain? Maybe Mars, where the astronauts planted their flag.

[a fool in paradise]

By now, most of us know there is water on the moon. But did you know that it comes in three flavors and there is so much of it--158 billion gallons--that it could fill all of Seattle's water needs for three years?

Great, now NASA's charter will be changed to get the latest bottled water fad for Seattle yuppies.

[KeyLargo]

"Look what they found on the moon"

[DBrow]

This is fantastic news for the Chinese manned lunar program! I wish the USA had one.

If the Chinese are correct in their analysis that there is lots of helium-3 there too, they’ll have water, oxygen, energy, fuel all in one convenient place. Add a beanstalk or two and you own the Solar System. Well, maybe they’ll need to figure out fusion once they have several tons of He3.

[Fresh Wind]

Klingons?

[Peter from Rutland]

I’m pretty sure it’s George W. Bush’s fault.

[J Edgar]

So if water is so abundant on the moon, why didn’t the Apollo and/or Lunar Lander missions discover this?

Just asking?

[sam_paine]

Scientists don't know why some of the lunar craters contain pure ice, while others have an ice-soil mixture.

Yeah. It's always beena mystery after a rainstorm why there's puddles in some places and mud holes in others.

Did none of these scientists ever play outside?

[KarlInOhio]

Look What They Found on the Moon!

A black monolith?

[JRios1968]

Jimmy Hoffa?

[KoRn]

/mark

[The Comedian]

This thread makes me thirsty.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[ForGod'sSake]

This is news??? HAH! Everybody knows there's been a river on the moon since at least 1961.

[paulycy]

[2001convSVT]

They will now try to get the moon declared a wetlands so that no development can take place!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks ATOMIC_PUNK. The Earth by contrast had over 330 million cubic miles of water.

Scientists don't know why some of the lunar craters contain pure ice, while others have an ice-soil mixture.

Some are more recent than others.

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